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Unsuitability of MALDI-TOF MS to discriminate Acinetobacter baumannii clones under routine experimental conditions

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Title
Unsuitability of MALDI-TOF MS to discriminate Acinetobacter baumannii clones under routine experimental conditions
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Frontiers in Microbiology, May 2015
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00481
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Clara Sousa, João Botelho, Filipa Grosso, Liliana Silva, João Lopes, Luísa Peixe

Abstract

MALDI-TOF MS (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry) is now in the forefront for routine bacterial species identification methodologies, being its value for clonality assessment controversial. In this work we evaluated the potential of MALDI-TOF MS for assisting infection control by depicting Acinetobacter baumannii clones. Mass spectra of 58 A. baumannii clinical isolates belonging to the worldwide spread lineages (ST98, ST103, ST208, and ST218) isolated in our country, were obtained and analyzed with several chemometric tools (pseudo gel views, peakfind function, and partial least squares discriminant analysis). The clonal lineages were obtained using the "Oxford" scheme, belonging ST98, ST208, and ST218 to the international clone II and ST103 to an epidemic clonal lineage (SG5). Additionally, mass spectra of a highly diverse international collection of 38 isolates belonging to 22 sequence types (STs) were obtained for further comparisons. Pseudo gel views and direct peak pattern analysis did not allow the discrimination of A. baumannii isolates belonging to ST98, ST103, ST208, or ST218. Moreover, a partial least square discriminant analysis of the mass spectra considering two spectral ranges (2-20 kDa and 4-10 kDa) revealed a poor degree of discrimination with only 64.6 and 65.8% of correct ST assignments, respectively. Also, mass spectra of the international isolates (n = 38, 22STs) revealed a very congruent peak pattern among them as well as among the four lineages included in this work. Despite the increasing interest of MALDI-TOF MS for bacterial typing at different taxonomical levels, we demonstrated, using routine experimental conditions, the unsuitability of this methodology for A. baumannii clonal discrimination.

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Spain 1 2%
Unknown 47 98%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 23%
Researcher 8 17%
Other 6 13%
Professor 5 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Other 9 19%
Unknown 6 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 19%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 17%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 13%
Computer Science 3 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 4%
Other 7 15%
Unknown 13 27%
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