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Identification and molecular characterization of mannitol salt positive, coagulase-negative staphylococci from nasal samples of medical personnel and students Free

Abstract

The identification of mannitol salt positive, coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) is often disregarded when is screened in clinical samples using mannitol salt agar. However, the emergence of CNS as important human pathogens has indicated that reliable methods for the identification of clinically significant CNS are of great importance in understanding the epidemiology of infections caused by them. The identification and molecular characterization of mannitol salt positive CNS from nasal samples of medical personnel and students is reported here. A total of 84 mannitol salt positive staphylococcal isolates were obtained from 240 nasal samples, of which 15 were CNS. The API STAPH system classified the CNS isolates into six species, and one-third of the isolates were identified with confidence levels of <80 %. 16S–23S rRNA intergenic spacer length polymorphism analysis (ITS-PCR) identified only two species ( and ). This identification was confirmed by antibiotyping, species-specific PCR and PFGE. The results from this study indicate that ITS-PCR is a potentially useful and reliable tool, enabling hospital laboratories to obtain rapid, full and accurate identification of CNS at the species level.

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Keyword(s): CNS, coagulase-negative staphylococci , ITS-PCR, 16S–23S rRNA intergenic spacer length polymorphism analysis and MSA, mannitol salt agar
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Identification and molecular characterization of mannitol salt positive, coagulase-negative staphylococci from nasal samples of medical personnel and students
J. Med. Microbiol. 55, 317 (2006); https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46072-0
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