Neonatal <i>Plesiomonas shigelloides</i> septicemia and meningitis: A case and review

Fujita, Katsuhide; Shirai, Masaru; Ishioka, Toru; Kakuya, Fujio

doi:10.1111/j.1442-200x.1994.tb03222.x

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“…Infections with P. shigelloides have been strongly associated with drinking untreated water [59,60], eating uncooked shellfish or with travel to developing countries [61,62]. Recent studies have suggested that P. shigelloides is an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromized hosts [63] especially neonates [64]. It has been associated with diarrhoeal illness [65] and other diseases in normal hosts as well.…”

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“…Plesiomonas shigelloides has been isolated from a variety of clinical specimens including cerebrospinal fluid, wounds and the respiratory tract. Reported cases of meningitis and bacteraemia [64] caused by P. shigelloides are of special interest because of their seriousness. P. shigelloides causes both localized infections originating from infected wounds and gastrointestinal infections, which can disseminate to other parts of the body [66].…”

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The Structural Diversity of Carbohydrate Antigens of Selected Gram-Negative Marine Bacteria

2011

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Marine microorganisms have evolved for millions of years to survive in the environments characterized by one or more extreme physical or chemical parameters, e.g., high pressure, low temperature or high salinity. Marine bacteria have the ability to produce a range of biologically active molecules, such as antibiotics, toxins and antitoxins, antitumor and antimicrobial agents, and as a result, they have been a topic of research interest for many years. Among these biologically active molecules, the carbohydrate antigens, lipopolysaccharides (LPSs, O-antigens) found in cell walls of Gram-negative marine bacteria, show great potential as candidates in the development of drugs to prevent septic shock due to their low virulence. The structural diversity of LPSs is thought to be a reflection of the ability for these bacteria to adapt to an array of habitats, protecting the cell from being compromised by exposure to harsh environmental stress factors. Over the last few years, the variety of structures of core oligosaccharides and O-specific polysaccharides from LPSs of marine microrganisms has been discovered. In this review, we discuss the most recently encountered structures that have been identified from bacteria belonging to the genera Aeromonas, Alteromonas, Idiomarina, Microbulbifer, Pseudoalteromonas, Plesiomonas and Shewanella of the Gammaproteobacteria phylum; Sulfitobacter and Loktanella of the Alphaproteobactera phylum and to the genera Arenibacter, Cellulophaga, Chryseobacterium, Flavobacterium, Flexibacter of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides phylum. Particular attention is paid to the particular chemical features of the LPSs, such as the monosaccharide type, non-sugar substituents and phosphate groups, together with some of the typifying traits of LPSs obtained from marine bacteria. A possible correlation is then made between such features and the environmental adaptations undertaken by marine bacteria.

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The Structural Diversity of Carbohydrate Antigens of Selected Gram-Negative Marine Bacteria

2011

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“…Extraintestinale Infektionen sind selten; sie sind als Bakteriämie, Meningitis [5,7,10,16,18] und in sehr seltenen Fällen auch als Endophthalmitis, Osteomyelitis oder septische Arthritis publiziert worden [1,6,9,10,13]. Intestinale Infektionen verlaufen meist als Diarrhö, selten auch als Peritonitis oder perirektale Infektion.…”

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“…Eine besondere Suszeptibilität von Immunsupprimierten für Plesiomonas-Infektionen ist wahrscheinlich. Des Weiteren wurden einzelne Fälle von spontaner bakterieller Peritonitis, Polyarthritis, Kompartmentsyndrom und Zellulitis, postoperativem Pankreasschwanzabszess, akuter Cholezystitis, Cholangiosepsis, pseudomembranöser Kolitis und Pseudoappendizitis beschrieben [1,6,9,10,13,20].…”

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Plesiomonas-shigelloides-induzierte Gastroenteritiden – seltene Fälle in der westlichen Welt

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In Germany infections with Plesiomonas shigelloides are rare, an increase is observed because of increasing tourism to tropical regions. The course of infection is sometimes asymptomatic, but usually patients develop an acute gastroenteritis. Especially immunocompromised patients can show serious courses of infection. Plesiomonas shigelloides should be included in the differential diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis after journeys to tropical regions. Some of our patients, however, denied traveling to tropical regions. They also denied consuming seafood, which indicates a risk of infection in Germany. Still an infection with Plesiomonas shigelloides seems to be rare in northern European countries.

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“…Infections with P. shigelloides have been strongly associated with drinking untreated water [2,3], eating uncooked shellfish or with travel to developing countries [4,5]. Recent studies have suggested that P. shigelloides is an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised hosts [6] especially neonates [6–10]. It has been associated with diarrhoeal illness [11] and other diseases in normal hosts as well.…”

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Structural studies of the O‐specific polysaccharide from Plesiomonas shigelloides strain CNCTC 113/92

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European Journal of Biochemistry

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The structure of the O-specific side chain of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Plesiomonas shigelloides, strain CNCTC 113/92 has been investigated by NMR spectroscopy, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry and sugar and methylation analysis. It was concluded that the polysaccharide is composed of a hexasaccharide repeating unit with the following structure:This structure represents a novel hexasaccharide repeating unit of bacterial O-antigen that is characteristic and unique to the Plesiomonas shigelloides strain. Using the high-resolution magic angle spinning technique, 1 H-NMR spectra were also obtained for the O-polysaccharide components of isolated LPS and in their original form directly on the surface of bacterial cells.Keywords: high-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS); lipopolysaccharide; matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF); O-antigen; Plesiomonas shigelloides.Plesiomonas shigelloides (previously Aeromonas shigelloides) is a ubiquitous, facultatively anaerobic, flagellated, Gramnegative, rod-shaped bacterium which has been isolated from a variety of sources such as freshwater, surface water and many wild and domestic animals, and is particularly common in tropical and subtropical habitats [1]. DNA±DNA hybridization tests [1] showed that all P. shigelloides strains are closely related to each other thus constituting a separate well defined genus within the family Vibrionaceae. P. shigelloides shares biochemical and antigenic properties with Enterobacteriaceae and Vibrionaceae; however, genetically it shows only 8% and 7% similarity, respectively [1].Infections with P. shigelloides have been strongly associated with drinking untreated water [2,3], eating uncooked shellfish or with travel to developing countries [4,5]. Recent studies have suggested that P. shigelloides is an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised hosts [6] especially neonates [6±10]. It has been associated with diarrhoeal illness [11] and other diseases in normal hosts as well. P. shigelloides has been isolated from a variety of clinical specimens including cerebrospinal fluid, wounds and the respiratory tract. Reported cases of meningitis and bacteraemia [10] caused by P. shigelloides are of special interest because of their seriousness. P. shigelloides causes both localised infections originating from infected wounds and gastrointestinal infections, which can disseminate to other parts of the body [12].The serotyping scheme of P. shigelloides proposed by Shimada and Sakazaki [13], and Aldova et al.[14±17] includes 102 O-serotypes, some O-antigens showing cross-reactivity with antisera directed against lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of Shigella sonnei, Shigella dysenteriae strains 1, 7 and 8, Shigella boydi strains 2, 9 and 13, and Shigella flexneri strain 6 [13,18]. Two P. shigelloides strains were found to share the structure of O-antigens with those of S. flexneri and S. dysenteriae [19].Although the antigenic schemes of P. shigelloides have been extensively st...

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Neonatal Plesiomonas shigelloides septicemia and meningitis: A case and review

Abstract: A 3 day old neonate with septicemia and meningitis due to Plesiomonas shigelloides is described. We could not detect the source of this infection. The patient was treated with cefotaxime and survived without sequelae. Nine previously reported cases with this infection were reviewed.

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The Structural Diversity of Carbohydrate Antigens of Selected Gram-Negative Marine Bacteria

The Structural Diversity of Carbohydrate Antigens of Selected Gram-Negative Marine Bacteria

Plesiomonas-shigelloides-induzierte Gastroenteritiden – seltene Fälle in der westlichen Welt

Structural studies of the O‐specific polysaccharide from Plesiomonas shigelloides strain CNCTC 113/92

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