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The effect of pH on antibiotic efficacy against Coxiella burnetii in axenic media
Smith CB , Evavold C , Kersh GJ . Sci Rep 2019 9 (1) 18132 Coxiella burnetii, the etiologic agent of Q fever, replicates in an intracellular phagolysosome with pH between 4 and 5. The impact of this low pH environment on antimicrobial treatment is not well understood. An in vitro system for testing antibiotic susceptibility of C. burnetii in axenic media was set up to evaluate the impact of pH on C. burnetii growth and survival in the presence and absence of antimicrobial agents. The data show that C. burnetii does not grow in axenic media at pH 6.0 or higher, but the organisms remain viable. At pH of 4.75, 5.25, and 5.75 moxifloxacin, doxycycline, and rifampin are effective at preventing growth of C. burnetii in axenic media, with moxifloxacin and doxycycline being bacteriostatic and rifampin having bactericidal activity. The efficacy of doxycycline and moxifloxacin improved at higher pH, whereas rifampin activity was pH independent. Hydroxychloroquine is thought to inhibit growth of C. burnetii in vivo by raising the pH of typically acidic intracellular compartments. It had no direct bactericidal or bacteriostatic activity on C. burnetii in axenic media, suggesting that raising pH of acidic intracellular compartments is its primary mechanism of action in vivo. The data suggest that doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine are primarily independent bacteriostatic agents. |
Coxiella burnetii infection in a community operating a large-scale cow and goat dairy, Missouri, 2013
Biggs HM , Turabelidze G , Pratt D , Todd SR , Jacobs-Slifka K , Drexler NA , McCurdy G , Lloyd J , Evavold CL , Fitzpatrick KA , Priestley RA , Singleton J , Sun D , Tang M , Kato C , Kersh GJ , Anderson A . Am J Trop Med Hyg 2016 94 (3) 525-31 Coxiella burnetii is a zoonotic pathogen that causes Q fever in humans and is transmitted primarily from infected goats, sheep, or cows. Q fever typically presents as an acute febrile illness; however, individuals with certain predisposing conditions, including cardiac valvulopathy, are at risk for chronic Q fever, a serious manifestation that may present as endocarditis. In response to a cluster of Q fever cases detected by public health surveillance, we evaluated C. burnetii infection in a community that operates a large-scale cow and goat dairy. A case was defined as an individual linked to the community with a C. burnetii phase II IgG titer ≥ 128. Of 135 participants, 47 (35%) cases were identified. Contact with or close proximity to cows, goats, and their excreta was associated with being a case (relative risk 2.7, 95% confidence interval 1.3-5.3). Cases were also identified among individuals without cow or goat contact and could be related to windborne spread or tracking of C. burnetii on fomites within the community. A history of injection drug use was reported by 26/130 (20%) participants; follow-up for the presence of valvulopathy and monitoring for development of chronic Q fever may be especially important among this population. |
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