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来自中国中部武汉的金黄色葡萄球菌分离株的分子特性、抗菌素耐药性和毒力基因谱

 

Authors Fu Y, Xiong M, Li X, Zhou J, Xiao X, Fang F, Cheng X, Le Y, Li Y

Received 15 February 2020

Accepted for publication 9 June 2020

Published 30 June 2020 Volume 2020:13 Pages 2063—2072

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S249988

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Editor who approved publication: Professor Suresh Antony

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the molecular characteristics, antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes profiles of S. aureus  isolates from Wuhan, central China.
Materials and Methods: A total of 302 non-duplicate S. aureus  isolates were collected successively during January–December 2018 and subjected to multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), staphylococcal protein A  (spa ) typing and Panton–Valentine leucocidin  (PVL) and staphylococcal enterotoxin  A, B, C, D, E, G, H and I (sea, seb, sec, sed, see, seg, seh  and sei ) detection. All methicillin-resistant S. aureus  (MRSA) isolates were additionally subjected to staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec ) typing.
Results: Of the 302 S. aureus  isolates, 131 were categorised as MRSA, yielding a rate 1.4 times the average rate in China during 2018 (43.4% vs 30.9%). Thirty-one sequence types (STs) and 82 spa  types were identified. The most prevalent clones were ST5-t2460 (10.9%), ST239-t030 (9.3%), ST188-t189 (7.9%) and ST59-t437 (6.3%). Notably, the continued prevalence of ST239-t030 in Wuhan differs from other areas in China. SCCmec  types and subtypes I, II, III, IVa and V were present in 0.8%, 36.6%, 26.0%, 20.6% and 8.4% of MRSA isolates. A comprehensive analysis identified ST5-t2460-SCCmec  II (25.2%,), ST239-t030-SCCmec  III (19.8%) and ST59-t437-SCCmec  IVa (7.6%) as the major clones among MRSA isolates. The genes pvl, sea, seb, sec, sed, see, seg, seh  and sei  were detected at respective frequencies of 11.9%, 42.1%, 49.7%, 45.0%, 20.9%, 33.8%, 60.5%, 25.8% and 66.9%.
Conclusion: ST239-t030 remains one of the most prevalent clones in S. aureus  isolates from Wuhan, leading us to conclude that S. aureus  isolates from Wuhan possess unique molecular characteristics. The S. aureus  isolates also exhibit unique antimicrobial resistance profiles and harbour relatively high numbers of enterotoxin virulence genes, compared with other reports from China.
Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus , molecular characteristics, antimicrobial resistance, virulence




Figure 1 Distribution of sequence types (STs) in the clone complexes.