Biofilm and Genes in Staphylococcus
- VernacularTitle:葡萄球菌属生物被膜及其基因分析
- Author:
Shaofeng LUO
;
Feng CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Staphylococcus;
Biofilm;
Gene analyis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2009;0(23):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To determine the association between phenotype and genotype of biofilm in Staphylococcus.METHODS All 156 clinical isolates of coagulase negative Staphylococcus(CNS) and 90 S.aureus(SAU) strains isolating from clinical specimens from Mar 2005 to Jul 2008,as well as 12 CNS strains from nasal swabs of healthy carriers from hospital staff,were collected.Congo red technique was performed to examine slime production.The presence of the intercellular adhesion genes(icaA and icaD) was determined by the polymerase chain reaction method.The phenotype and genotype of biofilm were analyzed.RESULTS Thirty-two out of 168 CNS isolates were biofilm producers(19.0%) while 32 out of 90 SAU isolates were producers(35.6%).All strains positive for icaA positive were also positive for icaD.The 16 strains(10 CNS isolates and 6 SAU isolates) were icaA and icaD positive but do not produced slime.CONCLUSIONS For SAU,the percentage of slime-production strains(35.6%) is higher than that found in CNS(19.0%).The characteristic of biofilm-negative variants having the ica loci might contribute to the dissemination.For clinical isolates of S.epidermidis,ica locus may not be a significant marker discriminating between invasive and contaminating isolates.
