1887

Abstract

The characteristics and relationships of sequence type (ST) 72 isolates from humans, raw meat and soil in South Korea were investigated. Several close relationships based on molecular evidence such as staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCCmec) type, gene type, PFGE, the presence of virulence genes and the nucleotide sequences of 12 chromosomal genes suggested the transmissibility of ST72 meticillin-resistant (MRSA) isolates among humans, livestock and the environment. In addition, the results indicated that ST72 MRSA may have originated from ST72 meticillin-susceptible , but the acquisition of SCC has not occurred repeatedly.

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.026484-0
2011-04-01
2024-03-29
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

/deliver/fulltext/jmm/60/4/442.html?itemId=/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.026484-0&mimeType=html&fmt=ahah

References

  1. Bae I. G., Kim J. S., Kim S., Heo S. T., Chang C., Lee E. Y. 2010; Genetic correlation of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from carriers and from patients with clinical infection in one region of Korea. J Korean Med Sci 25:197–202 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
  2. CLSI 2009; Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing ; 19th Informational Supplement. M100-S19 Wayne, PA: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute;
  3. Enright M. C., Day N. P., Davies C. E., Peacock S. J., Spratt B. G. 2000; Multilocus sequence typing for characterization of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible clones of Staphylococcus aureus . J Clin Microbiol 38:1008–1015
    [Google Scholar]
  4. Ghebremedhin B., Olugbosi M. O., Raji A. M., Layer F., Bakare R. A., König B., König W. 2009; Emergence of a community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain with a unique resistance profile in Southwest Nigeria. J Clin Microbiol 47:2975–2980 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
  5. Golding G. R., Bryden L., Levett P. N., McDonald R. R., Wong A., Wylie J., Graham M. R., Tyler S., Van Domselaar G. other authors 2010; Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 in humans, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis 16:587–594 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
  6. Jarraud S., Mougel C., Thioulouse J., Lina G., Meugnier H., Forey F., Nesme X., Etienne J., Vandenesch F. 2002; Relationships between Staphylococcus aureus genetic background, virulence factors, agr groups (alleles), and human disease. Infect Immun 70:631–641 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
  7. Kim E. S., Song J. S., Lee H. J., Choe P. G., Park K. H., Cho J. H., Park W. B., Kim S.-H., Bang J.-H. other authors 2007; A survey of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Korea. J Antimicrob Chemother 60:1108–1114 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
  8. King M. D., Humphrey B. J., Wang Y. F., Kourbatova E. V., Ray S. M., Blumberg H. M. 2006; Emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA 300 clone as the predominant cause of skin and soft-tissue infections. Ann Intern Med 144:309–317 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
  9. Ko K. S., Lee J. Y., Song J.-H., Baek J. Y., Oh W. S., Chun J., Yoon H. S. 2006; Screening of essential genes in Staphylococcus aureus N315 using comparative genomics and allelic replacement mutagenesis. J Microbiol Biotechnol 16:623–632
    [Google Scholar]
  10. Ko K. S., Lee J.-Y., Baek J. Y., Peck K. R., Rhee J.-Y., Kwon K. T., Heo S. T., Ahn K.-M., Song J.-H. 2008; Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage from children attending an outpatient clinic in Seoul, Korea. Microb Drug Resist 14:37–44 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
  11. Koreen L., Ramaswamy S. V., Graviss E. A., Naidich S., Musser J. M., Kreiswirth B. N. 2004; spa typing method for discriminating among Staphylococcus aureus isolates: implications for use of a single marker to detect genetic micro- and macrovariation. J Clin Microbiol 42:792–799 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
  12. Lim S.-K., Nam H.-M., Park H.-J., Lee H.-S., Choi M.-J., Jung S.-C., Lee J.-Y., Kim Y.-C., Song S.-W., Wee S.-H. 2010; Prevalence and characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in raw meat in Korea. J Microbiol Biotechnol 20:775–778
    [Google Scholar]
  13. Milheiriço C., Oliveira D. C., de Lencastre H. 2007; Update to the multiplex PCR strategy for assignment of mec element types in Staphylococcus aureus . Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:3374–3377 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
  14. Moran G. J., Krishnadasan A., Gorwitz R. J., Fosheim G. E., McDougal L. K., Carey R. B., Talan D. A. for the EMERGEncy ID Net Study Group; 2006; Methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections among patients in the emergency department. N Engl J Med 355:666–674 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
  15. Mulvey M. R., Chui L., Ismail J., Louie L., Murphy C., Chang N., Alfa M. the Canadian Committee for the Standardization of Molecular Methods 2001; Development of a Canadian standardized protocol for subtyping methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. J Clin Microbiol 39:3481–3485 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
  16. Oliveira D. C., de Lencastre H. 2002; Multiplex PCR strategy for rapid identification of structural types and variants of the mec element in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus . Antimicrob Agents Chemother 46:2155–2161 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
  17. Park S. H., Park C., Yoo J.-H., Choi S.-M., Choi J.-H., Shin H.-H., Lee D.-G., Lee S., Kim J. Y. other authors 2009; Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains as a cause of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in Korea. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:146–155 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
  18. Schuenck R. P., Nouér S. A., de Oliveira Winter C., Cavalcante F. S., Scotti T. D., Ferreira A. L. P., Giambiagi-de Marval M., dos Santos K. R. N. 2009; Polyclonal presence of non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying SCC mec IV in health care-associated infections in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 64:434–441 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
http://instance.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.026484-0
Loading
/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.026484-0
Loading

Data & Media loading...

This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was a Success
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error