揭秘:金黃色葡萄球菌造成復(fù)發(fā)感染機(jī)制(3)
2011-01-27 12:05
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來源:愛愛醫(yī)編輯部
作者:水**南
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[導(dǎo)讀] 一個新的針對導(dǎo)致全世界嚴(yán)重慢性感染的金黃色葡萄球菌的研究,揭示了細(xì)菌如何在宿主內(nèi)隱藏,來躲避免疫系統(tǒng)和抗菌的治療
Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen which can be carried by up to 70% of healthy people, and can lead to conditions such as deep tissue infections, osteomyelitis, and chronic lung infections, which are often hard to treat with antibiotics. A key characteristic of these infections is that relapses can occur months or years after an apparent cure.
These relapses, Dr. Bettina L?ffler and her team from the Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie in Münster, Germany, believe are due to phenotype switching, a change in the bacterial behaviour. After infection and invasion of the patient's host cells, the bacteria form small colony variants (SCVs), tiny bacterial subpopulations that can evade the immune system as well as many antibiotics and grow slowly.
"For the microbiologist, it is difficult to detect SCVs in clinical specimens as they grow slowly, often needing several days to form and so can be easily overlooked in diagnosis," said L?ffler. "Our study asked two questions: Is the development of SCVs an integral part of the infection process and what are the dynamics of SCV formation?"
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