Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections After Pedicures

Sniezek, Patrick J.; Graham, Brad S.; Busch, Heidi Byers; Lederman, Edith; Lim, Matthew L.; Poggemyer, Kimberly; Kao, Annie S.; Mizrahi, Moise; Washabaugh, G.; Yakrus, M. A.; Winthrop, Kevin

doi:10.1001/archderm.139.5.629

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“…This species has been isolated previously from a water distribution system (51), tap water (12), treated surface water or groundwater (25), nail salon water (35), and public swimming pools (31). M. chelonae is an opportunistic pathogen that is able to cause pulmonary infections, cutaneous infections (35), or iatrogenic infections after surgery or subcutaneous injection (7,33). Consequently, its presence in the water supply catchment may be a concern for water production in Paris.…”

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Comparison of Culture Methods for Isolation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Surface Waters

Radomski

Cambau

Moulin

et al. 2010

Appl Environ Microbiol

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The environment is the likely source of most nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) involved in human infections, especially pulmonary, skin, and soft tissue infections. In order to measure the prevalence of NTM in different aquatic ecosystems, we tried to standardize the culture methods used for surface water testing since many procedures have been described previously. Cultivation of mycobacteria requires long-term incubation in rich media and inactivation of rapidly growing microorganisms whose growth impedes observation of mycobacterial colonies. Consequently, the two criteria used for evaluation of the methods examined were (i) the rate of inhibition of nontarget microorganisms and (ii) the efficiency of recovery of mycobacteria. We compared the competitive growth of Mycobacterium chelonae and M. avium with nontarget microorganisms on rich Middlebrook 7H11-mycobactin medium after treatment by several chemical decontamination methods that included acids, bases, detergent, or cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) with and without an antibiotic cocktail, either PANTA (40 U/ml polymyxin, 4 g/ml amphotericin B, 16 g/ml nalidixic acid, 4 g/ml trimethoprim, and 4 g/ml azlocillin) or PANTAV (PANTA plus 10 g/ml vancomycin). Our results showed that treatment for 30 min with CPC (final concentration, 0.05%) of water concentrated by centrifugation, followed by culture on a rich medium supplemented with PANTA, significantly decreased the growth of nontarget microorganisms (the concentrations were 6.2 ؎ 0.4 log 10 CFU/liter on Middlebrook 7H11j medium and 4.2 ؎ 0.2 log 10 CFU/liter on Middlebrook 7H11j medium containing PANTA [P < 0.001]), while the effect of this procedure on NTM was not as great (the concentrations of M. chelonae on the two media were 7.0 ؎ 0.0 log 10 CFU/liter and 6.9 ؎ 0.0 log 10 CFU/liter, respectively, and the concentrations of M. avium were 9.1 ؎ 0.0 log 10 CFU/liter and 8.9 ؎ 0.0 log 10 CFU/liter, respectively). We propose that this standardized culture procedure could be used for detection of NTM in aquatic samples.

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Comparison of Culture Methods for Isolation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Surface Waters

Radomski

Cambau

Moulin

et al. 2010

Appl Environ Microbiol

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“…The outbreak was associated with pedicures that involved the use of contaminated whirlpool footbaths. M. fortuitum was identified as the etiologic agent, and isolates from the patients and the footbaths were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel (11). We report two cases of furunculosis caused by M. mageritense acquired from whirlpool footbaths in a nail salon in Georgia.…”

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Furunculosis Due to Mycobacterium mageritense Associated with Footbaths at a Nail Salon

Gira¹,

Reisenauer²,

Hammock³

et al. 2004

J Clin Microbiol

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“…All these species identified in Cote d`Ivoire are responsible for skin ulcerations in some countries as reported by Zamarioli et al (2008) and Buijtels et al 2009. M. chelonae, is responsible for skin soft tissue infections as reported by Sniezek et al (2003), M. abscessus responsible for skin and soft tissue infections with abscess formation or skin nodules, often appearing after trauma or surgical operation with infected materials (Griffith et al 2007). Among the isolated strains, 20% were carriers of the gene IS2404, they include M. mucogenicum, M. peregrinum and Mycobacterium sp.…”

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“…They are found in the environment like in the soil, water, aerosols, plants, aquatic animals (Winthrop et al, 2002;Sniezek et Marsollier et al, 2002Marsollier et al, , 2004. This Acid-Alcohol Bacillus Resistant (AFB) are not mandatory pathogens and for several years, the scientific community have not really shown interest in their study, but rather devoted to the study of TB epidemic.…”

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Microbiological and molecular characterization of environmental mycobacterium strains isolated from the Buruli ulcer endemic and non-endemic zones in Cte dIvoire

Vakou¹,

Julien²,

Kakou-Ngazoa³

et al. 2016

Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.

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Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU), the causative agent of Buruli ulcer (BU), skin disease, is considered to be an environmental pathogen. The pathogenic virulence of MU is being linked to the expression of toxin called Mycolactone. Genetic analyses have shown the high diversity with variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (MIRU) in M. ulcerans and in mycolactone producing Mycobacteria (MPMs). The purpose of this study is the molecular characterization of potentially pathogenic environmental mycobacteria strain, apart from the M. ulcerans, from aquatic environments in Côte d'Ivoire. A total of 473 samples were collected comprising of 251 water and 222 sediment based on sampling sites. The sediments were the most contaminated by mycobacteria with 60% as against 43.3% in water samples from the hyper endemic areas. In hypoendemic areas, water was the most contaminated with 53.57% against 43.24% in sediment. Microscopy by Ziehl-Neelsen-staining, and PCR diagnostics using IS2404 and KR were performed on strains. 20% fast growing isolated mycobacteria species including Mycobacterium mucogenicum, Mycobacterium peregrinum and Mycobacterium sp. was found carrying the IS2404 gene previously found in M. ulcerans. 9.23% of strains carry the ketoreductase (KR) genes, one of the synthesis of mycolactone enzymes. In terms of genetic analysis using the MIRU/VNTR, the MIRU 1 was the most amplified sequence, and LOCUS 6 less amplified; no known profile have been identified in this study. This study is the first step taken in order to understand different skin infections encountered in Côte d'Ivoire.

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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections After Pedicures

Cited by 85 publications

References 24 publications

Comparison of Culture Methods for Isolation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Surface Waters

Comparison of Culture Methods for Isolation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Surface Waters

Furunculosis Due to Mycobacterium mageritense Associated with Footbaths at a Nail Salon

Microbiological and molecular characterization of environmental mycobacterium strains isolated from the Buruli ulcer endemic and non-endemic zones in Cte dIvoire

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