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Vol. 24. Issue 9.
Pages 551-555 (November 2006)
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Vol. 24. Issue 9.
Pages 551-555 (November 2006)
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Evaluación de la capacidad invasiva de las micobacterias no pigmentadas de crecimiento rápido mediante el estudio de la morfología de las microcolonias en fibroblastos
Assessment of the invasiveness of rapidly-growing nonpigmented mycobacteria with the fibroblast microcolony assay
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Correspondencia: Dr. J. Esteban. Departamento de Microbiología Clínica. Fundación Jiménez Díaz. Avda. Reyes Católicos, 2. 28040 Madrid. España.
, Ignacio Gadea, Nieves Zamora, Alberto Ortiz, Ricardo Fernández-Roblas
Departamento de Microbiología Clínica. Fundación Jiménez Díaz-UTE. Madrid. España
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Objetivos

Se evaluó la capacidad invasiva de aislamientos clínicos y de colección de varias especies de micobacterias no pigmentadas de crecimiento rápido mediante el análisis de las microcolonias en cultivo de fibroblastos diploids humanos, y se comparó la misma con el fenotipo de colonias en medio de Middlebrook 7H11 y con el significado clínico de los aislamientos.

Métodos

Se analizaron 29 cepas de: Mycobacterium chelonae (8), M. fortuitum (6), M. peregrinum (5), M. abscessus (5), M. mucogenicum (4) y M. septicum (1), tanto clínicamente significativas como de colección. Se evaluó el fenotipo liso o rugoso de las colonias en Middlebrook 7H11. Se evaluó la capacidad de invasion intracelular mediante el ensayo de microcolonias en fibroblastos descrito por Shepard. Las características cuantitativas se compararon con el test de la t de Student y las características cualitativas con el test exacto de Fisher.

Resultados

No se encontraron diferencias significativas entre colonias de fenotipos distintos o cepas con diferentes significados clínicos, excepto en dos aislamientos de M. chelonae de bacteriemia relacionados con catéteres, que presentaron microcolonias alargadas en el cultivo celular. Las cepas de M. fortuitum y M. peregrinum presentaron microcolonias más grandes y de apariencia desflecada, mientras que las de M. chelonae, M. abscessus o M. mucogenicum, presentaron unas colonias más pequeñas y de apariencia redondeada.

Conclusión

La capacidad invasiva está presente solamente en unas pocas cepas de micobacterias, y esta característica no aparece en la mayoría de las cepas aisladas de infecciones en humanos y en ninguna de las que no fueron clínicamente significativas, por lo que no sería una característica esencial para que los diversos aislamientos sean causa de enfermedad en humanos.

Palabras clave:
Mycobacterium
Crecimiento rápido
Mycobacterium chelonae
Mycobacterium fortuitum
Capacidad invasiva
Intracelular
Patogenia
Objective

The invasive capacity of rapidly-growing nonpigmented mycobacteria strains was evaluated by means of a fibroblast microcolony assay and related to the colony phenotype on Middlebrook 7H11 and to the clinical significance of the isolates.

Methods

Twenty-nine strains [Mycobacterium chelonae (8), M. fortuitum (6), M. peregrinum (5), M. abscessus (5), M. mucogenicum (4) and M. septicum (1)], proceeding from a bacterial collection and clinical isolates, were evaluated. The smooth or rough phenotype of the colonies was assessed in Middlebrook 7H11 medium. Intracellular invasiveness was determined by the fibroblast-microcolony assay described by Shepard. Quantitative culture characteristics were compared with tudent's t-test, and qualitative characteristics with Fisher's exact test.

Results

No significant differences were found between colonies with different phenotypes or strains having a different clinical significance, except for two strains of Mycobacterium chelonae isolated from cases of catheter-related bacteremia, which showed elongated microcolonies. M. fortuitum and M. peregrinum strains showed larger microcolonies than M. chelonae, M. abscessus and M. mucogenicum, and displayed a fluffy appearance, while the latter two strains showed rounded olonies.

Conclusion

Very few strains of mycobacteria had invasive capacity and the majority of strains isolated from human infections do not show this characteristic; hence this trait is not essential for mycobacteria to cause infection in humans.

Key words:
Mycobacterium
Rapidly-growing
Mycobacterium chelonae
Mycobacterium fortuitum
Invasive capacity
Intracellular
Pathogenesis
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