In clinical practice, infections caused by persistent bacteria have become a worldwide problem. We are talking about a subpopulation of cells that are able to withstand lethal doses of antibiotics and after their elimination are capable of resuscitation and re-induction of the disease. The opportunistic pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is one of this bacteria and causes various serious chronic infections. During the long-term persistence in patients, persistent bacteria acquire adaptive mutations. The aim of this diploma thesis was to monitor the degree of persistence in selected clinical isolates, and at the same time to demonstrate the effect of adaptive mutations on the degree of persistence as well as to molecularly characterize the persistent state by gene expression. I had chronological isolates of S. aureus at my disposal, the initial one being the primoisolate, an isolate taken at the diagnostics of cystic fibrosis before the start of antibiotic treatment. Another was taken at a distance of one year and the last with a half-year interval from the previous one. Following whole genome sequencing, genes in which adaptive mutations occurred were identified. The first method determines the degree of persistence by calculating CFU (Colony Forming Units) after antibiotic treatment. I found that this...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:453313 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Balgová, Tamara |
| Contributors | Lichá, Irena, Ulrych, Aleš |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Slovak |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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