Haemophilus ducreyi Requires an Intact flp Gene Cluster for Virulence in Humans

Stanley M. Spinola; Kate R. Fortney; Barry P. Katz; Jo L. Latimer; Jason R. Mock; Merja Vakevainen; Eric J. Hansen

doi:10.1128/IAI.71.12.7178-7182.2003

Haemophilus ducreyi Requires an Intact flp Gene Cluster for Virulence in Humans

Stanley M. Spinola, Kate R. Fortney, Barry P. Katz, Jo L. Latimer, Jason R. Mock, Merja Vakevainen, Eric J. Hansen

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An intact Haemophilus ducreyi flp operon is essential for microcolony formation in vitro. tadA is the 9th of 15 genes in the operon and has homology to NTPases of type IV secretion systems. Fifteen human volunteers were experimentally infected with both H. ducreyi 35000HP and the tadA mutant, 35000HP.400. Papules developed at similar rates at sites inoculated with the mutant and parent, while pustules formed at 36.4% of parent sites and at 0% of mutant sites (P = 0.001). Compared to 35000HP, 35000HP.400 had only a modest but significant reduction in lesion scores in the temperature-dependent rabbit model of chancroid. These data suggest that proteins secreted by the flp locus are required for full expression of virulence by H. ducreyi in humans but have less of a role in virulence in an animal model of infection.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	7178-7182
Number of pages	5
Journal	Infection and immunity
Volume	71
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.71.12.7178-7182.2003
State	Published - Dec 2003

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