Isolation of a Chromosomal Region ofKlebsiella pneumoniaeAssociated with Allantoin Metabolism and Liver Infection
- 1 July 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Infection and Immunity
- Vol. 72 (7), 3783-3792
- https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.72.7.3783-3792.2004
Abstract
Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess with metastatic complications is an emerging infectious disease in Taiwan. To identify genes associated with liver infection, we used a DNA microarray to compare the transcriptional profiles of three strains causing liver abscess and three strains not associated with liver infection. There were 13 clones that showed higher RNA expression levels in the three liver infection strains, and 3 of these 13 clones contained a region that was absent in MGH 78578. Sequencing of the clones revealed the replacement of 149 bp of MGH 78578 with a 21,745-bp fragment in a liver infection strain, NTUH-K2044. This 21,745-bp fragment contained 19 open reading frames, 14 of which were proven to be associated with allantoin metabolism. The K2044 (ΔallS) mutant showed a significant decrease of virulence in intragastric inoculation of BALB/c mice, and the prevalence of this chromosomal region was significantly higher in strains associated with liver abscess than in those that were not (19 or 32 versus 2 of 94; P = 0.0001 [χ2 test]). Therefore, the 22-kb region may play a role in K. pneumoniae liver infection and serve as a marker for rapid identification.Keywords
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