Lethal Outcome of Leptospirosis in Southern Russia: Characterization of Leptospira Interrogans Isolated from a Deсeased Teenager

Andrei E Samoilov; Nataliya A Stoyanova; Nikolai K Tokarevich; Birgitta Evengard; Elena V Zueva; Yulia A Panferova; Yulia V Ostankova; Elena B Zueva; Diana E Valutite; Evgeniy V Kovalev; Anna R Litovko; Alexey U Goncharov; Alexandr V Semenov; Kamil Khafizov; Vladimir G Dedkov

doi:10.3390/ijerph17124238

Lethal Outcome of Leptospirosis in Southern Russia: Characterization of Leptospira Interrogans Isolated from a Deсeased Teenager

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jun 14;17(12):4238. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17124238.

Authors

Andrei E Samoilov^{1

2}, Nataliya A Stoyanova¹, Nikolai K Tokarevich¹, Birgitta Evengard³, Elena V Zueva¹, Yulia A Panferova¹, Yulia V Ostankova¹, Elena B Zueva¹, Diana E Valutite¹, Evgeniy V Kovalev⁴, Anna R Litovko⁵, Alexey U Goncharov⁵, Alexandr V Semenov¹, Kamil Khafizov², Vladimir G Dedkov^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Pasteur Institute, Federal Service on Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance, 197101 Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
² Central Research Institute for Epidemiology, Federal Service on Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance, 111123 Moscow, Russia.
³ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Federal Service on Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance in the Rostov Region, 344019 Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
⁵ Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Rostov Region, Federal Service on Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance, 344029 Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
⁶ Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology, Tropical and Vector Borne Diseases, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119435 Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

This article describes a lethal case of leptospirosis that occurred in Southern Russia. The Leptospira strain was isolated and characterized using a microscopic agglutination test, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, targeted PCR, and high-throughput sequencing. We show that molecular and mass-spectrometry methods can be an alternative to conventional methods of leptospirosis diagnostics and Leptospira study, which require highly qualified staff and can be performed only at specialized laboratories. We also report the first whole genome of L. interrogans isolated in Russia.

Keywords: Leptospira; MALDI-TOF MS; MAT; PCR; Russia; high-throughput sequencing.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Agglutination Tests
Humans
Leptospira interrogans*
Leptospira*
Leptospirosis*
Russia