Comparative analysis of different methods used for molecular characterization of Burkholderia cepacia complex isolated from noncystic fibrosis conditions

Modapathi, Shraddha Rani; Rohit, Anusha; Aditya, Vankadari; Shetty, Varsha Prakash; Kotian, Akshatha; Mohanapriya,; Rai, Praveen; Karunasagar, Indrani; Deekshit, Vijaya Kumar

doi:10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.09.012

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“…The antibiogram of the 46 Burkholderia spp. used as hosts for the present investigation revealed that they were highly susceptible to ceftazidime (97.7%) and least sensitive to levo oxacin (42.2%), these ndings have already been published [29]. Rationalizing the complexities of intrinsic resistance, there must be a stringent alternative.…”

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Isolation and characterization of bacteriophages against Burkholderia species

Shetty,

Rai,

Raj

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Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) is a potent nosocomial pathogen mainly encountered in immunocompromised, cystic fibrosis and chronic granulomatous patients. They are innately resistant to the broad spectrum of antibiotics and thus need an alternative therapeutic approach, one of which is phage therapy. Therefore, our study aimed at isolating the bacteriophages against Burkholderia spp isolated from non-cystic fibrosis patients and characterizing these bacteriophages for therapeutic intervention. Initially, the hospital and environmental effluents were collected and screened for the presence of bacteriophages against Burkholderia spp. The obtained phages were then enriched and characterized by RAPD. Host range activity of phages were evaluated, and the cocktails of phages were screened for their synergistic effect. The morphology of the bacteriophages was examined using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). Four bacteriophages were isolated and characterised against three different strains of Burkholderia. These, four phages were found to be strain specific and they did not show lytic activity against other species of Gram-negative isolates during host range analysis. Cocktail ;lassay –denoted that cocktail A showed broad host range activity against multiple species of Burkholderia. None of the phages showed any banding pattern for RAPD assay. TEM analysis revealed that phages belonged to Straboviridae family. The isolated phages against Burkholderia spp were found to be strain specific and active against Burkholderia cenocepacia, Burkholderia vietnamiensis and Burkholderia pseudomultivorans. This study has been a modest attempt to isolate bacteriophages against different genomovars of Burkholderia. The lytic activity of phages observed against the host determines the narrow spectrum activity of these phages and supports the theory of bacteriophage being one of the best alternatives for personalised clinical treatment of bacterial infections.

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“…Burkholderia encompasses virulence factors that cumulatively drive the pathogenicity of this bacterium [29]. Intrinsic resistance of Burkholderia to numerous broad-range antibiotics is one of the major threats, as this can be life-threatening in immunocompromised individuals [2].…”

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