Nationwide epidemiological study revealed the dissemination of meticillin-resistant carrying a specific set of virulence-associated genes in Japanese hospitals Free

Abstract

To study comprehensive toxin profiles and the chromosomal diversity of current Japanese hospital-associated meticillin-resistant (HA-MRSA) strains, we conducted PCR-based identification of 28 toxin genes, and staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC) typing and PFGE analysis of 208 MRSA strains isolated from 100 hospitals throughout Japan. Of the tested HA-MRSA strains, 80.3 % were -positive. The most frequent toxin gene profile was characterized by the carriage of 13 genes, , , , , , , , , , , , and . Ninety of the 208 strains had this profile, which was named pattern A. Among the 118 non-pattern A strains, 100 had similar toxin gene profiles, the concordance rates to pattern A of which were more than 80 %. Consequently, 91.3 % of the examined HA-MRSA strains carried similar toxin profiles, although PFGE patterns showed a wide variation. These strains belonged to SCC type II, II and coagulase type II. We concluded that, unlike MRSA from many other countries, most of the Japanese HA-MRSA strains belonged to, or were related to, a specific group carrying the set of 13 toxin genes, irrespective of chromosomal diversity. In addition, among the 13 toxin genes, the coexistence rates of , and , and those of , , , and , were higher than for the other toxin genes. High coexistence rates of , and genes suggested the presence of the pathogenicity island SaPIn1 in these strains.

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