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Plasmid Acquisition Alters Vancomycin Susceptibility in Clostridioides difficile.


ABSTRACT: The increasing incidence of primary and recurring Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI), which evade current treatment strategies, reflects the changing biology of C difficile. Here, we describe a putative plasmid-mediated mechanism potentially driving decreased sensitivity of C difficile to vancomycin treatment. We identified a broad host range transferable plasmid in a C difficile strain associated with lack of adequate response to vancomycin treatment. The transfer of this plasmid to a vancomycin-susceptible C difficile isolate decreased its susceptibility to vancomycin in vitro and resulted in more severe disease in a humanized mouse model. Our findings suggest plasmid acquisition in the gastrointestinal tract to be a possible mechanism underlying vancomycin treatment failure in patients with CDI, but further work is needed to characterize the mechanism by which plasmid genes determine vancomycin susceptibility in C difficile.

SUBMITTER: Pu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7878333 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The increasing incidence of primary and recurring Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI), which evade current treatment strategies, reflects the changing biology of C difficile. Here, we describe a putative plasmid-mediated mechanism potentially driving decreased sensitivity of C difficile to vancomycin treatment. We identified a broad host range transferable plasmid in a C difficile strain associated with lack of adequate response to vancomycin treatment. The transfer of this plasmid to a va  ...[more]

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