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- Title
The origins of haplotype 58 (H58) Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi.
- Authors
Carey, Megan E.; Thi Nguyen, To Nguyen; Tran, Do Hoang Nhu; Dyson, Zoe A.; Keane, Jacqueline A.; Pham Thanh, Duy; Mylona, Elli; Nair, Satheesh; Chattaway, Marie; Baker, Stephen
- Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a serious threat to the clinical management of typhoid fever. AMR in Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi) is commonly associated with the H58 lineage, a lineage that arose comparatively recently before becoming globally disseminated. To better understand when and how H58 emerged and became dominant, we performed detailed phylogenetic analyses on contemporary genome sequences from S. Typhi isolated in the period spanning the emergence. Our dataset, which contains the earliest described H58 S. Typhi organism, indicates that ancestral H58 organisms were already multi-drug resistant (MDR). These organisms emerged spontaneously in India in 1987 and became radially distributed throughout South Asia and then globally in the ensuing years. These early organisms were associated with a single long branch, possessing mutations associated with increased bile tolerance, suggesting that the first H58 organism was generated during chronic carriage. The subsequent use of fluoroquinolones led to several independent mutations in gyrA. The ability of H58 to acquire and maintain AMR genes continues to pose a threat, as extensively drug-resistant (XDR; MDR plus resistance to ciprofloxacin and third generation cephalosporins) variants, have emerged recently in this lineage. Understanding where and how H58 S. Typhi originated and became successful is key to understand how AMR drives successful lineages of bacterial pathogens. Additionally, these data can inform optimal targeting of typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs) for reducing the potential for emergence and the impact of new drug-resistant variants. Emphasis should also be placed upon the prospective identification and treatment of chronic carriers to prevent the emergence of new drug resistant variants with the ability to spread efficiently. A phylogenetic analysis of Salmonella Typhi isolated from returning travelers to the United Kingdom between 1980 and 1995 suggests that H58 emerged from a chronic carrier in India in 1987 before spreading globally and was already multidrug resistant.
- Subjects
SOUTH Asia; INDIA; HAPLOTYPES; THIRD generation cephalosporins; TYPHOID fever; SALMONELLA enterica serovar Typhi; SALMONELLA typhi
- Publication
Communications Biology, 2024, Vol 7, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2399-3642
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s42003-024-06451-8