Molecular Typing of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Blood on the Basis of Coagulase Gene Polymorphism and Toxin Genes.
10.3343/kjlm.2008.28.4.286
- Author:
Yong Kyun KIM
1
;
Jae Seok KIM
;
Han Sung KIM
;
Wonkeun SONG
;
Hyoun Chan CHO
;
Kyu Man LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jaeseok@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Staphylococcus aureus;
Coagulase;
Restriction fragment length polymorphism;
Enterotoxins;
Methicillin resistance
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Aged;
Aged, 80 and over;
Bacterial Proteins/genetics;
Bacterial Typing Techniques;
Child;
Child, Preschool;
Coagulase/*genetics;
Female;
Humans;
Infant;
Male;
Methicillin Resistance/genetics;
Middle Aged;
Polymerase Chain Reaction;
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length;
Staphylococcal Infections/*diagnosis/genetics/microbiology;
Staphylococcus aureus/*classification/genetics/isolation & purification;
Toxins, Biological/*genetics;
Young Adult
- From:The Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2008;28(4):286-292
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Coagulase is produced by all strains of Staphylococcus aureus. The 3' coding region of the coagulase (coa) gene contains varying numbers of 81 bp tandem repeats. S. aureus produces a variety of extracellular protein toxins. Here, we typed S. aureus strains isolated from blood by coa gene restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns and toxin gene profiles. METHODS: A total of 120 strains of S. aureus were isolated from blood cultures during 2003-2006 at Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital. The isolates were typed by PCR RFLP analysis of the coa gene and by multiplex PCR for detection of genes encoding enterotoxins (sea, seb, sec, sed, and see), toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (tst), exfoliative toxins (eta and etb), mecA and femA. RESULTS: All the S. aureus strains were classified into 16 types on the basis of coa gene RFLP and could be further differentiated into 34 types according to the combined patterns of coa gene RFLP and toxin gene profiles. Of 85 methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains, 43 (50.6%) and 36 (42.4%) belonged to the RFLP pattern L5 and pattern L1, respectively. MRSA strains belonging to pattern L5 frequently carried tst (93.0%) or sec gene (81.4%), and strains belonging to pattern L1 frequently carried sea (88.9%) or see gene (44.4%). The rate of the pattern L5 in MRSA strains increased over the past few years and was higher in intensive care unit than in other wards. CONCLUSIONS: We typed S. aureus strains isolated from blood on the basis of coa gene RFLP and toxin genes. The strains belonging to coa gene RFLP pattern L5 and L1 appeared to be the major types of MRSA isolasted from bacteremia and revealed specific toxin gene profiles according to the coa gene RFLP patterns.
