Diversity of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec elements in predominant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in a small geographic area.

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serval:BIB_64AD5F769E34
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Diversity of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec elements in predominant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in a small geographic area.
Journal
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Author(s)
Basset P., Senn L., Vogel V., Zanetti G., Blanc D.S.
ISSN
1098-6596[electronic], 0066-4804[linking]
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2010
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
54
Number
11
Pages
4589-4595
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Recent population genetic studies suggest that staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) was acquired much more frequently than previously thought. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the diversity of SCCmec elements in a local methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) population. Each MRSA isolate (one per patient) recovered in the Vaud canton of Switzerland from January 2005 to December 2008 was analyzed by the double-locus sequence typing (DLST) method and SCCmec typing. DLST analysis indicated that 1,884/2,036 isolates (92.5%) belong to four predominant clones. As expected from the local spread of a clone, most isolates within clones harbored an identical SCCmec type. However, three to seven SCCmec types have been recovered in every predominant DLST clone, suggesting that some of these elements might have been acquired locally. This pattern could also be explained by distinct importations of related isolates into the study region. The addition of a third highly variable locus to further increase the discriminatory power of typing as well as epidemiological data suggested that most ambiguous situations were explained by the second hypothesis. In conclusion, our study showed that even if the acquisition of new SCCmec elements at a local level likely occurs, it does not explain all the diversity observed in the study region.
Keywords
Chromosomes, Bacterial/genetics, Humans, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/classification, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/genetics, Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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