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Vol. 11. Issue 6.
Pages 513-531 (November - December 2005)
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Novos dados sobre os Spoligotypes de estirpes do complexo Mycobacterium tuberculosis isoladas no Hospital Fernando Fonseca (Amadora-Sintra, Portugal)
Update on the Spoligotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from the Fernando Fonseca Hospital (Amadora-Sintra, Portugal)
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Suzana David*, Vanessa Barros*, Clara Portugal**, Abílio Antunes***, Ângela Cardoso*, Ana Calado*, Luísa Sancho**, José Germano de Sousa**
* Unidade de Ensino e Investigação (UEI) de Micobacteriologia, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)/Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Lisboa./ Microbacteriology Teaching and Research Unit (TRU), Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Institute (HTMI)/ Nova University Lisbon (NUL), Lisbon.
** Serviço de Patologia Clínica, Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Amadora./Clinical Pathology Department, Fernando Fonseca Hospital, Amadora.
*** UEI de Clínica e Doenças Tropicais/IHMT/UNL, Lisboa./TRU of the Tropical Diseases Clinic, HTMI / NUL. Lisbon.
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O presente estudo populacional, que decorreu entre 1999 e 2003, foi baseado na utilização do Spoligotyping na genotipagem de 452 isolados do complexo Mycobacterium tuberculosis de doentes com tuberculose internados no Hospital Fernando Fonseca. Spoligotypes foram identificados como shared types (ST) recorrendo a uma base de dados internacional. Onze ST raros, não identificados na base de dados, acomodaram 8,4% dos isolados. Aliás, particular a Portugal poderá ser a predominância de ST identificados na base de dados mas não previamente classificados como famílias genotípicas, tais como o ST244, ST150 e ST389, representando 13,3 % do total. A identificação de isolados clínicos de M. africanum de genótipo Afri1 e de M. tuberculosis de genótipo CAS1 poderá confirmar a importação de isolados de origem africana e asiática. M. tuberculosis da família Beijing foi pela primeira vez por nós assinalado a partir de 1999. Desde então, o número de isolados provenientes do hospital passou de um para cinco, anualmente, representando actualmente 2,2%, o que a coloca em décimo lugar em prevalência. M. tuberculosis Beijing poderá corresponder a um problema emergente em Portugal devido à recente imigração proveniente da Europa Oriental e da Ásia. Outros genótipos, ST150 e ST389, mostraram um incremento, cujo significado não é claro. No entanto, as frequências relativas das famílias predominantes LAM, T1 e Haarlem mantiveram-se relativamente estáveis. O presente estudo confirma a variabilidade genética em Portugal dos isolados do complexo M. tuberculosis. Estes estudos poderão contribuir para a definição de prioridades nos programas nacionais de luta contra a tuberculose.

Rev Port Pneumol 2005; XI (6): 513-531

Palavras-chave:
Complexo Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Spoligotyping
Portugal
Abstract

The present population study, from 1999 to 2003, has been based on the use of Spoligotyping in the genotyping of 452 isolates of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from tuberculosis patients of the Fernando Fonseca Hospital. Spoligotypes were identified as “shared types” (STs) with the aid of an international database. Eleven rarely found STs, not identified in the database, grouped 8.4% of the isolates. Moreover, particular to Portugal, may be the predominance of STs identified in the database but not previously classified as genotypic families, such as ST244, ST150 and ST389, representing 13.3% of the total. The identification of clinical isolates of M. africanum genotype Afri1 and of M. tuberculosis genotype CAS1 may confirm import of isolates of African and Asian origin. M. tuberculosis of the Beijing family was first reported by us as of 1999. Since then, the number of isolates at the Hospital has passed from one to five annually, representing 2.2% of the total and the tenth most predominant family in the present study. M. tuberculosis Beijing may correspond to an emerging problem in Portugal due to recent immigration from Eastern Europe and Asia. Other genotypes, ST150 and ST389, have shown increase, the significance of which is not clear. However, the relative frequencies of the predominant families LAM, T1 and Haarlem remained relatively stable. The present study confirms the genetic variability in Portugal of M. tuberculosis complex isolates. These studies may contribute to the definition of priorities in the national tuberculosis control programs.

Rev Port Pneumol 2005; XI (6): 513-531

Key-words:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Spoligotyping
Portugal
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