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Recombination between ccrC genes in a type V (5C2&5) staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 leads to conversion from methicillin resistance to methicillin susceptibility in vivo. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009; 54:783-91. [PMID: 19995931 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00696-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Various types of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) are known to confer methicillin resistance on the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. Such cassettes are not always stably maintained. The present studies were aimed at identifying the mechanism underlying the in vivo conversion of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) to methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) derivatives as encountered in two patients suffering from pneumonia and an umbilicus infection, respectively. All MRSA and MSSA isolates identified belong to multilocus sequence type (MLST) 398, have spa type t034, and are Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive. Sequencing of 27,616 nucleotides from the chromosomal SCCmec insertion site in orfX to the hsdR gene for a restriction enzyme revealed a type V (5C2&5) SCCmec. Sequence comparisons show that parts of the cassette are highly similar to sequences within SCCmec elements from coagulase-negative staphylococci, indicating a possible common origin. The cassette investigated contains ccrC-carrying units on either side of its class C2b mec gene complex. In vivo loss of the mec gene complex was caused by recombination between the recombinase genes ccrC1 allele 8 and ccrC1 allele 10. In vitro, the SCCmec was very stable, and low-frequency MRSA-to-MSSA conversion was only observed when MRSA isolates were cultivated at 41 degrees C for prolonged periods of time. In this case also, loss of the mec complex was due to ccrC gene recombination. Interestingly, the MRSA and MSSA isolates studied displayed no detectable differences in competitive growth and virulence, suggesting that the presence of the intact type V (5C2&5) SCCmec has no negative bearing on staphylococcal fitness under the conditions used.
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A rapid, 2-well, multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of SCCmec types I to V in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2009; 65:384-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2009] [Revised: 06/22/2009] [Accepted: 08/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ellington MJ, Ganner M, Warner M, Cookson BD, Kearns AM. Polyclonal multiply antibiotic-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with Panton-Valentine leucocidin in England. J Antimicrob Chemother 2009; 65:46-50. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Identification of a predominant multilocus sequence type, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis cluster, and novel staphylococcal chromosomal cassette in clinical isolates of mecA-containing, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. Vet Microbiol 2009; 139:333-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2009] [Revised: 06/11/2009] [Accepted: 06/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ho PL, Cheng VCC, Chu CM. Antibiotic Resistance in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus , and Acinetobacter baumannii. Chest 2009; 136:1119-1127. [DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Disease in Children in Taiwan: The Importance of Antibiotic Stewardship. J Formos Med Assoc 2009; 108:751-3. [DOI: 10.1016/s0929-6646(09)60401-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Multiplex real-time PCR for rapid Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec typing. J Clin Microbiol 2009; 47:3692-706. [PMID: 19726600 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00766-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Rapid identification and typing of methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is important for understanding the molecular epidemiology and evolution of MRSA and offers many advantages for controlling transmission in both health care and community settings. We developed a rapid molecular beacon real-time PCR (MB-PCR) assay for staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing. The design of this system is based on the established definition of SCCmec types, namely, the combination of the mec class complex with the ccr allotype. The assay consists of two multiplex panels, the combination of which results in two targets (mec class, ccr) for each SCCmec type. MB-PCR panel I targets mecA, ccrB2, mecI, and the DeltamecR1-IS1272 junction (mec class B); it can definitively identify SCCmec types II and IV. MB-PCR panel II detects ccrC, ccrB1, ccrB3, ccrB4, and the DeltamecR1-IS431 junction (mec class C2) and is therefore capable of identifying SCCmec types I, III, V, and VI in combination with panel I. The method can also detect the recently described novel SCCmec type VIII (ccrAB4 with mec class A). Our assay demonstrated 100% concordance when applied to 162 MRSA strains previously characterized by traditional SCCmec typing schemes. Four geographically and temporally diverse S. aureus collections were also successfully classified by our assay, along with 1,683 clinical isolates comprising both hospital- and community-associated MRSA and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus strains. As many as 96 isolates can be classified easily within 3 to 4 h, including DNA isolation, PCR cycling, and analysis. The assay is rapid, robust, sensitive, and cost-effective, allowing for high-throughput SCCmec typing of MRSA isolates.
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Classification of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec): guidelines for reporting novel SCCmec elements. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009; 53:4961-7. [PMID: 19721075 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00579-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 565] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Fan J, Shu M, Zhang G, Zhou W, Jiang Y, Zhu Y, Chen G, Peacock SJ, Wan C, Pan W, Feil EJ. Biogeography and virulence of Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6216. [PMID: 19593449 PMCID: PMC2705676 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2009] [Accepted: 06/06/2009] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Background Staphylococcus aureus is commonly carried asymptomatically in the human anterior nares and occasionally enters the bloodstream to cause invasive disease. Much of the global diversity of S. aureus remains uncharacterised, and is not clear how disease propensity varies between strains, and between host populations. Methodology We compared 147 isolates recovered from five kindergartens in Chengdu, China, with 51 isolates contemporaneously recovered from cases of pediatric infection from the main hospital serving this community. The samples were characterised by MLST, the presence/absence of PVL, and antibiotic resistance profiling. Principal Findings Genotype frequencies within individual kindergartens differ, but the sample recovered from cases of disease shows a general enrichment of certain MLST genotypes and PVL positive isolates. Genotypes under-represented in the disease sample tend to correspond to a single sequence cluster, and this cluster is more common in China than in other parts of the world. Conclusions/Significance Virulence propensity likely reflects a synergy between variation in the core genome (MLST) and accessory genome (PVL). By combining evidence form biogeography and virulence we demonstrate the existence of a “native” clade in West China which has lowered virulence, possibility due to acquired host immunity.
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- Juan Fan
- Department of Pediatrics, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, the People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatrics, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, the People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatrics, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, the People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatrics, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, the People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatrics, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, the People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatrics, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, the People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, the People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, the People's Republic of China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
- Crown Bioscience, Inc. (Beijing), Light Muller Building, ChangPing Science Park, Beijing, the People's Republic of China
- * E-mail: (CW); (WP); (EJF)
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (CW); (WP); (EJF)
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Park C, Shin HH, Kwon EY, Choi SM, Kim SH, Park SH, Choi JH, Yoo JH, Lee DG, Shin WS. Two variants of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IVA in community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in South Korea. J Med Microbiol 2009; 58:1314-1321. [PMID: 19574415 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.009688-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains harbouring staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type IVA are known to be more prevalent in South Korea than in other countries. Variations in the SCCmec IVA structure have been identified, including in sequence type (ST) 1 and ST72 strains. This study compared and investigated the genetic characteristics of two subtypes common in South Korea. Type IVA SCCmec of ST1 strains was characterized by type IV features with the linearized pUB110 at the junkyard (J) 3 region. However, that of ST72 strains carried a variant class B mec complex, ccrA2, with an identity of approximately 96 % and the linearized pUB110 at the J3 region. In SCCmec of ST72 strains, the organization of the class B variant and the J3 region may be more similar to that of type IA than to other types, but the ccr type and other J regions seemed to be derived from type IV. These genetic characteristics showed that type IVA appears to result from the dynamic genetic exchange and recombination of SCC DNA.
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- Chulmin Park
- Catholic Research Institutes of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Catholic Research Institutes of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Catholic Research Institutes of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Argudín MA, Mendoza MC, Méndez FJ, Martín MC, Guerra B, Rodicio MR. Clonal complexes and diversity of exotoxin gene profiles in methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients in a Spanish hospital. J Clin Microbiol 2009; 47:2097-105. [PMID: 19458176 PMCID: PMC2708471 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01486-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2008] [Revised: 10/02/2008] [Accepted: 05/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Molecular epidemiology studies have allowed the identification of the methicillin (meticillin)-resistant (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible (MSSA) clonal complexes (CCs) and clones of Staphylococcus aureus circulating in a Spanish hospital recently. Of 81 isolates tested, 32.1% were MRSA. Most of them carried staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) IVc (88.5%) and belonged to CC5 (88.5%; multilocus sequence typing types ST125 [mainly associated with spa type t067], ST5, and ST228). A higher diversity was found among MSSA isolates (67.9%). Eighty percent shared the genetic background of major MRSA lineages (CC5 [38.2%; ST125 and ST5], CC30 [25.5%; ST30], CC45 [14.5%; ST45 and ST47], and CC8 [1.8%; ST8]), but CC12, CC15, CC51, and CC59 were also detected. Many exotoxin genes were present in each of the 81 isolates, independent of whether they were involved in sepsis (11 to 22) or other types of infections (13 to 21), and they appeared in 73 combinations. The relevant data are that (i) all isolates were positive for hemolysin and leukotoxin genes (98.8% for lukED and 25.9% for lukPV); (ii) all contained an enterotoxin gene cluster (egc with or without seu), frequently with one or more genes encoding classical enterotoxins; (iii) about half were positive for tst and 95% were positive for exfoliatin-encoding genes (eta, etb, and/or etd); and (iv) the four agr groups were detected, with agrII (55.6%) and agrIII (23.5%) being the most frequent. Taken together, results of the present study suggest a frequent acquisition and/or loss of exotoxin genes, which may be mediated by efficient intralineage transfer of mobile genetic elements and exotoxin genes therein and by eventual breakage of interlineage barriers.
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- M A Argudín
- Departamento de Biología Funcional, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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Cai L, Kong F, Wang Q, Wang H, Xiao M, Sintchenko V, Gilbert GL. A new multiplex PCR-based reverse line-blot hybridization (mPCR/RLB) assay for rapid staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing. J Med Microbiol 2009; 58:1045-1057. [PMID: 19528184 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007955-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to develop a new discriminatory method for MRSA SCCmec typing based on multiplex PCR-based reverse line-blot hybridization (mPCR/RLB) assay to enable rapid identification and classification of MRSA SCCmec types in a clinical laboratory. Forty-five primer sets and 49 probes were designed and tested in uniplex PCR (uPCR) and mPCR/RLB. Probes were compared in silico to 14 whole-genome sequences and 18 partial SCCmec gene sequences of Staphylococcus aureus and complete genome and partial SCCmec genes of seven non-MRSA strains, including meticillin-susceptible S. aureus and meticillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci. The method was tested on a set of 42 well-characterized reference MRSA strains. It identified all five epidemiologically relevant SCCmec types and 26 subtypes, including established and new subtypes of SCCmec III, IV (eight subtypes each) and V (three subtypes). The discriminatory power of mPCR/RLB SCCmec typing was similar to that of MLST and spa typing (Simpson indices of diversity of 0.916, 0.926 and 0.882, respectively; differences not statistically significant). The application of mPCR/RLB hybridization assay to MRSA SCCmec typing can improve the specificity, discriminatory power and throughput of the typing procedure. The detection of up to 43 mPCR products in a single hybridization assay transforms MRSA SCCmec typing from passive epidemiological library typing into a potential tool for near-real-time infection control surveillance and tracking of MRSA transmission in hospitals.
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- Lin Cai
- Department of Dermatology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, PR China
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Dermatology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, PR China
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- Life Science College, Peking University, Beijing, PR China
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- Western Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Western Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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Jensen SO, Lyon BR. Genetics of antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Future Microbiol 2009; 4:565-82. [DOI: 10.2217/fmb.09.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Strains of Staphylococcus aureus that are resistant to multiple antimicrobial compounds, including most available classes of antibiotics and some antiseptics, are a major threat to patient care owing to their stubborn intransigence to chemotherapy and disinfection. This reality has stimulated extensive efforts to understand the genetic nature of the determinants encoding antimicrobial resistance, together with the mechanisms by which these determinants evolve over time and are spread within bacterial populations. Such studies have benefited from the application of molecular genetics and in recent years, the sequencing of over a dozen complete staphylococcal genomes. It is now evident that the evolution of multiresistance is driven by the acquisition of discrete preformed antimicrobial resistance genes that are exchanged between organisms via horizontal gene transfer. Nonetheless, chromosomal mutation is the catalyst of novel resistance determinants and is likely to have an enhanced influence with the ongoing introduction of synthetic antibiotics.
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- Slade O Jensen
- School of Biological Sciences, Macleay Building A12, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Macleay Building A12, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Clinical and molecular epidemiology of ciprofloxacin-susceptible MRSA encoding PVL in England and Wales. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2009; 28:1113-21. [DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0757-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2009] [Accepted: 05/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ozaki K, Takano M, Higuchi W, Takano T, Yabe S, Nitahara Y, Nishiyama A, Yamamoto T. Genotypes, intrafamilial transmission, and virulence potential of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from children in the community. J Infect Chemother 2009; 15:84-91. [PMID: 19396517 DOI: 10.1007/s10156-009-0668-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2008] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Pediatric outpatients and healthy children in the community were examined for nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Japan. MRSA isolation frequencies were 0.7% (3/426) and 3.7% (5/136), respectively, in pediatric outpatients and healthy children in the community (overall frequency, 1.4%). The frequency of MRSA isolation was higher in children 5-9 years of age compared with the other age groups. All eight MRSA strains isolated were Panton-Valentine leukocidin-negative. Of these, three with the genotype multilocus sequence type (ST) 8/spa606/SCCmecIV (2 cases) and ST88/spa999/SCCmecIV/exfoliative toxin A gene (eta) were identical or similar to MRSA from bullous impetigo, determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. One strain with ST764 (ST5 variant)/spa2/SCCmecII/staphylococcal enterotoxin B gene seb2 (seb variant) was similar to MRSA from bacteremia, and one with ST5/spa2/SCCmecII was the Pandemic New York/Japan clone. The remaining three strains, with ST22/spa998/SCCmecI, ST380/spa799/SCCmecIV, and ST857/spa416/SCCmecII, have not been identified. All MRSA strains were resistant to one or more non-beta-lactam antibiotics, and the ST5 and ST764 strains were multidrug-resistant. Family analysis demonstrated parent-to-child transmission (for ST8 and ST764), as well as acquisition from outside the family (for ST8 and ST380). The data suggest that young school-age children have a higher carriage rate of nasal MRSA than children of other ages, and that not only community-acquired MRSA strains but also MRSA strains with characteristics of hospital-acquired MRSA are spreading in the community.
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- Kyoko Ozaki
- Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 757 Ichibanchou, Asahimachidori, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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Takano T, Higuchi W, Yamamoto T. Superior in vitro activity of carbapenems over anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and some related antimicrobial agents for community-acquired MRSA but not for hospital-acquired MRSA. J Infect Chemother 2009; 15:54-7. [PMID: 19280303 DOI: 10.1007/s10156-008-0665-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2008] [Accepted: 12/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Eighty-eight strains of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive and -negative community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) and 152 strains of hospital-acquired MRSA (HA-MRSA) were examined for susceptibility to carbapenems, oxacillin, and other antimicrobial agents. CA-MRSA strains were more susceptible to carbapenems (MIC(90), 1-4 microg/ml) than HA-MRSA strains (MIC(90), 32-64 microg/ml). Among the carbapenems examined, CA-MRSA strains were most susceptible to imipenem (MIC(50), 0.12 microg/ml; MIC(90), 1 microg/ml). A similar tendency was observed with oxacillin, but less markedly (MIC(90): 32 microg/ml for CA-MRSA and > or =256 microg/ml for HA-MRSA). This difference was also observed between CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA in susceptibility levels to cephems, erythromycin, clindamycin, and levofloxacin, but not to ampicillin, vancomycin, teicoplanin, linezolid, and arbekacin. The data indicate that, in terms of MIC(50) or MIC(90) values, CA-MRSA is 64-256 times more susceptible to imipenem than HA-MRSA, and for CA-MRSA, some carbapenems, e.g., imipenem, show better in vitro activity than anti-MRSA or some related agents.
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- Tomomi Takano
- Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8520, Japan
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Zhang W, Shen X, Zhang H, Wang C, Deng Q, Liu L, Yang Y. Molecular epidemiological analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Chinese pediatric patients. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2009; 28:861-4. [DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0706-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2008] [Accepted: 01/11/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Arakere G, Nadig S, Ito T, Ma XX, Hiramatsu K. A novel type-III staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) variant among Indian isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2009; 292:141-8. [PMID: 19187210 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01482.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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We identified a novel type-III staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) element carried by eight methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains from different wards and patients in an Indian hospital. Although the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern and spa types of eight strains were identical and clonally related to other nosocomial Indian isolates that belonged to sequence type (ST) 239 and spa type t037, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of these eight variants was noticeably low compared with the typical type-III isolates from the same hospital, and we were unable to identify ccrC and hsdR by multiplex PCR, although mer operon and transposases A, B, and C of Tn554 were amplified. By amplifying the entire SCCmec region by long-range PCR and determining parts of the nucleotide sequences of one isolate (V14), we found that the strain carried a novel SCCmec element containing a 422 bp sequence, which is highly homologous to that identified in strain CCR1-9583, mer operon and plasmid pT181 integrated in tandem via IS431 in the J3 region. It also carried a cassette chromosome, previously reported to be an SCC-like element, downstream of type-III SCCmec. Because PCR amplification of representative genes showed that these eight strains carried the same genetic elements, they belong to a novel MRSA clone that differs from most nosocomial clones carrying type-III SCCmec and SCCmercury, despite belonging to the ST239 genotype.
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- Gayathri Arakere
- Sir Dorabji Tata Centre for Research in Tropical Diseases, Innovation Centre, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, India.
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Nulens E, Stobberingh EE, Smeets E, van Dessel H, Welling MA, Sebastian S, van Tiel FH, Beisser PS, Deurenberg RH. Genetic diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary hospital in The Netherlands between 2002 and 2006. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2009; 28:631-9. [PMID: 19130105 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0686-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2008] [Accepted: 12/11/2008] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones isolated in a Dutch university hospital, situated near the borders of Belgium and Germany, between 2002 and 2006. MRSA strains (n = 175) were characterized using spa and SCCmec typing. The presence of Panton Valentine leukocidin (PVL) was determined. Between 2002 and 2005, ST5-MRSA-IV was predominant, and the spa type of ST5-MRSA-IV changed from t002 to t447. ST5-MRSA-I, ST5-MRSA-II, ST228-MRSA-I, and ST247-MRSA-I were also observed in this period. From 2004, the MRSA genetic background became more diverse, and in 2006, ST5-MRSA-IV was only sporadically observed. From 2005, ST5-MRSA-II, ST8-MRSA-IV, ST22-MRSA-IV, and ST45-MRSA-IV were increasingly observed. Several other MRSA clones, such as ST239-MRSA-III, were found sporadically. Four PVL-positive MRSA isolates were observed, associated with ST80-MRSA-IV and ST8-MRSA-IV. ST5-MRSA-I, ST5-MRSA-II, ST5-MRSA-IV, and ST228-MRSA-I have not been described previously in The Netherlands.
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- E Nulens
- Department of Medical Microbiology, General Hospital Sint Jan, Ruddesrhove 10, 8000, Brugge, Belgium
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Huang YC, Ho CF, Chen CJ, Su LH, Lin TY. Comparative molecular analysis of community-associated and healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from children in northern Taiwan. Clin Microbiol Infect 2009; 14:1167-72. [PMID: 19076845 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02115.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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From August 2004 to July 2005, 210 clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates were collected prospectively from 173 children admitted to Chang Gung Children's Hospital in Taiwan. A comparative molecular analysis of the 111 community-associated (CA) isolates from 102 children and the 99 healthcare-associated (HA) isolates from 71 children was conducted. In comparison to the HA isolates (31%), the CA isolates (90%) were more likely to have been isolated from pus (p <5 x 10(-8)). For each patient with MRSA infection, only the first isolate was selected for molecular analysis. The molecular characteristics differed significantly between the CA and the HA isolates (p <5 x 10(-8)). The clone characterized as sequence type (ST)59/pulsotype D (similar to USA1000)/staphylococcal chromosomal cassette (SCC)mec V(T)/Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive accounted for 69% of the CA isolates, and another clone, characterized as ST239/pulsotype A (Hungary clone)/SCCmec III/PVL-negative, accounted for 45% of the 71 HA isolates. The CA clone of ST59 also accounted for 20% of the HA isolates, including 47% of the 17 community-onset isolates. It was concluded that the molecular characteristics of clinical MRSA isolates from children differed significantly between the CA and the HA isolates in northern Taiwan. However, the CA clone of ST59 was also identified in a substantial proportion of HA isolates.
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- Y-C Huang
- Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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Reva I, Higuchi W, Takano T, Singur O, Ozaki K, Isobe H, Yabe S, Saito K, Baranovich T, Enany S, Otsuka T, Nishiyama A, Yamamoto T, Potapov V. A rapid screening method for Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus belonging to multilocus sequence type 30 and its related clone using a combination of multiplex PCR and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. J Infect Chemother 2009; 15:75-83. [DOI: 10.1007/s10156-009-0667-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2007] [Accepted: 01/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Deurenberg RH, Stobberingh EE. The evolution of Staphylococcus aureus. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2008; 8:747-63. [PMID: 18718557 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 412] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2008] [Revised: 07/17/2008] [Accepted: 07/17/2008] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Goering RV, Morrison D, Al-Doori Z, Edwards GFS, Gemmell CG. Usefulness of mec-associated direct repeat unit (dru) typing in the epidemiological analysis of highly clonal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Scotland. Clin Microbiol Infect 2008; 14:964-9. [PMID: 18828855 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02073.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The incidence of the epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (EMRSA) strains EMRSA-15 and EMRSA-16 in Scotland has increased dramatically, now accounting for c. 70% and c. 20% of isolates, respectively. Epidemiological tracking of these EMRSA strains is difficult, as c. 50% of EMRSA-15 and c. 35% of EMRSA-16 isolates are indistinguishable using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and other typing methods. The usefulness of mec-associated direct repeat unit (dru) sequence analysis as a more sensitive approach to tracking the persistence and spread of these 'clonal' EMRSA strains in Scotland was evaluated. Analysis of 47 EMRSA-15 and 57 EMRSA-16 isolates (including two separately cultured isolates of the Harmony collection type strain) obtained from 22 hospital laboratories over an 8-year period (1997-2005) revealed 13 and 12 different dru types, respectively. Whereas some types appeared to be endemic in multiple hospitals, subtypes that may represent specific strain movement among hospitals in a given geographical region were identified in other instances. These results suggest that mec-associated dru typing may have potential for identifying and tracking specific subtypes of otherwise indistinguishable epidemic MRSA isolates such as those in Scotland.
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- R V Goering
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68178, USA.
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Cercenado E, de Gopegui ER. Staphylococcus aureus resistente a la meticilina de origen comunitario. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2008; 26 Suppl 13:19-24. [DOI: 10.1157/13128776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Higuchi W, Takano T, Teng LJ, Yamamoto T. Structure and specific detection of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type VII. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 377:752-6. [PMID: 18926798 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2008] [Accepted: 10/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type VII, found in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus belonging to multilocus sequence type (ST) 59 from Taiwan, was 41,347bp in size and flanked by 19-bp attL and attR sequences. It was inserted into the att site at the 3'-end of orfX in the orfX-orfY (putative tRNA dihydrouridine synthase) region in ST59 S. aureus. The 5'-end side 9911-bp core region of SCCmecVII, which contained attL and the cassette chromosome recombinase gene (ccrC8), was shared by other SCC structures, SCCmercury and mosaic SCCmec from Switzerland, indicating its important role in SCC evolution. The central 21,245-bp core region contained mec complex (C2b) and another ccrC gene (ccrC2), and was highly homologous to SCCmecV, but with substitutions, insertion and replacement. The 3'-end side 10,191-bp sequence was unique. Therefore, SCCmecVII has emerged through recombination and insertion events. Multiplex and real-time PCR assays were developed for specific detection of SCCmecVII.
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- Wataru Higuchi
- Division of bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757, Asahimachidori, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
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Detection of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec-associated DNA segments in multiresistant methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and identification of Staphylococcus epidermidis ccrAB4 in both methicillin-resistant S. aureus and MSSA. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2008; 52:4407-19. [PMID: 18852274 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00447-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) can arise from methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) following partial or complete excision of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec). This study investigated whether multiresistant MSSA isolates from Irish hospitals, where MRSA has been endemic for decades, harbor SCCmec DNA. Twenty-five multiresistant MSSA isolates recovered between 2002 and 2006 were tested for SCCmec DNA by PCR and were genotyped by multilocus sequence typing and spa typing. All isolates lacked mecA. Three isolates (12%) harbored SCCmec DNA; two of these (genotype ST8/t190) harbored a 26-kb SCCmec IID (II.3.1.2) remnant that lacked part of mecI and all of mecR1, mecA, and IS431; the third isolate (ST8/t3209) harbored the SCCmec region from dcs to orfX. All three isolates were detected as MRSA using the BD GeneOhm and Cepheid's Xpert MRSA real-time PCR assays. Six isolates (ST8/t190, n = 4; ST5/t088, n = 2), including both isolates with the SCCmec IID remnant, harbored ccrAB4 with 100% identity to ccrAB4 from the Staphylococcus epidermidis composite island SCC-CI. This ccrAB4 gene was also identified in 23 MRSA isolates representative of ST8/t190-MRSA with variant SCCmec II subtypes IIA to IIE, which predominated previously in Irish hospitals. ccrAB4 was located 5,549 bp upstream of the left SCCmec junction in both the MRSA and MSSA isolates with SCCmec elements and remnants and 5,549 bp upstream of orfX in the four MSSA isolates with ccrAB4 only on an SCC-CI homologous region. This is the first description of a large SCCmec remnant with ccr and partial mec genes in MSSA and of the S. epidermidis SCC-CI and ccrAB4 genes in S. aureus.
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Novel type of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain isolated in Sweden. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2008; 52:3512-6. [PMID: 18676883 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00087-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We identified a novel type of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) element carried by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain JCSC6082 isolated in Sweden. The SCCmec element was demarcated by characteristic nucleotide sequences at both ends and was integrated at the 3' end of orfX. The element carried a novel combination of a type 5 ccr gene complex and class C1 mec gene complex. The J regions of the element were homologous to those of the SCCmercury element of S. aureus strain 85/2082, with nucleotide identity greater than 99%. However, the novel SCCmec element from JCSC6082 did not carry the mer operon nor Tn554, suggesting that evolution to SCCmec could have been from a common ancestor by acquisition of the class C1 mec gene complex. The novel SCCmec element from JCSC6082 was flanked by a novel SCC-like chromosome cassette (CC6082), which was demarcated by two direct repeats and could be excised from the chromosome independently of the SCCmec element. Our data suggest that novel SCCmec elements can be generated on the staphylococcal chromosome through the recombination between extant SCC elements and mec gene complexes.
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Epidemiology of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones collected in France in 2006 and 2007. J Clin Microbiol 2008; 46:3454-8. [PMID: 18667599 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01050-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We conducted a prospective multicenter study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates, including the first five consecutive clinical isolates, collected between September 2006 and February 2007 in 23 hospitals located throughout France (Fig. 1). The 111 isolates were tested for their antibiotic susceptibility patterns and were extensively characterized by screening for drug resistance and agr alleles, multilocus sequence typing (ST), staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing, spa typing, and PCR profiling of 21 toxin genes. Clones were designated by their ST followed by their SCCmec type (I to VI). The Lyon clone ST8-IV or ST8-IV(variant) (n = 77; 69.4%) was widely distributed. Four minor clones were also detected, namely, the "classical" Pediatric clone ST5-IV (n = 9; 8.1%), the "new" Pediatric clone ST5-VI (n = 8; 7.2%), the clone Geraldine ST5-I(truncated) (n = 7; 6.3%), and the European clone ST80-IV (n = 4; 3.6%). The six other isolates were related to five rare clones. Relative to that of other European countries, the situation in France is marked by the predominance of a specific major clone and the worrying emergence of minor clones with enhanced virulence and new antibiotic susceptibility profiles.
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