Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A Elaborate Distinct Systemic Metabolite Signatures During Enteric Fever

Overview

Journal Elife

Specialty Biology

Date 2014 Jun 7

PMID 24902583

Citations 28

Authors

Elin Nasstrom

Nga Tran Vu Thieu

Sabina Dongol

Abhilasha Karkey

Phat Voong Vinh

Tuyen Ha Thanh

Anders Johansson

Amit Arjyal

Guy Thwaites

Christiane Dolecek

Buddha Basnyat

Stephen Baker

Henrik Antti

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Abstract

The host-pathogen interactions induced by Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A during enteric fever are poorly understood. This knowledge gap, and the human restricted nature of these bacteria, limit our understanding of the disease and impede the development of new diagnostic approaches. To investigate metabolite signals associated with enteric fever we performed two dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC/TOFMS) on plasma from patients with S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi A infections and asymptomatic controls, identifying 695 individual metabolite peaks. Applying supervised pattern recognition, we found highly significant and reproducible metabolite profiles separating S. Typhi cases, S. Paratyphi A cases, and controls, calculating that a combination of six metabolites could accurately define the etiological agent. For the first time we show that reproducible and serovar specific systemic biomarkers can be detected during enteric fever. Our work defines several biologically plausible metabolites that can be used to detect enteric fever, and unlocks the potential of this method in diagnosing other systemic bacterial infections.

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