DNA Microarray Profiling of a Diverse Collection of Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Assigns the Majority to the Correct Sequence Type and Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCC mec ) Type and Results in the Subsequent Identification and Characterization of Novel SCC mec -SCC M1 Composite Islands | Zendy

Anna C. Shore | Zendy; Orla M. Brennan | Zendy; E.C. Deasy | Zendy; Angela S. Rossney | Zendy; Peter M. Kinnevey | Zendy; Ralf Ehricht | Zendy; Stefan Monecke | Zendy; David C. Coleman | Zendy

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DNA Microarray Profiling of a Diverse Collection of Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Assigns the Majority to the Correct Sequence Type and Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCC mec ) Type and Results in the Subsequent Identification and Characterization of Novel SCC mec -SCC _M1 Composite Islands

Author(s) -

Anna C. Shore,

Orla M. Brennan,

E.C. Deasy,

Angela S. Rossney,

Peter M. Kinnevey,

Ralf Ehricht,

Stefan Monecke,

David C. Coleman

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.01247-12

Subject(s) - multilocus sequence typing , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , typing , staphylococcal infections , subtyping , fusidic acid , staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , genetics , genotype , gene , bacteria , computer science , programming language

One hundred seventy-five isolates representative of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones that predominated in Irish hospitals between 1971 and 2004 and that previously underwent multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) typing were characterized by spa typing (175 isolates) and DNA microarray profiling (107 isolates). The isolates belonged to 26 sequence type (ST)-SCCmec types and subtypes and 35 spa types. The array assigned all isolates to the correct MLST clonal complex (CC), and 94% (100/107) were assigned an ST, with 98% (98/100) correlating with MLST. The array assigned all isolates to the correct SCCmec type, but subtyping of only some SCCmec elements was possible. Additional SCCmec/SCC genes or DNA sequence variation not detected by SCCmec typing was detected by array profiling, including the SCC-fusidic acid resistance determinant Q6GD50/fusC. Novel SCCmec/SCC composite islands (CIs) were detected among CC8 isolates and comprised SCCmec IIA-IIE, IVE, IVF, or IVg and a ccrAB4-SCC element with 99% DNA sequence identity to SCC(M1) from ST8/t024-MRSA, SCCmec VIII, and SCC-CI in Staphylococcus epidermidis. The array showed that the majority of isolates harbored one or more superantigen (94%; 100/107) and immune evasion cluster (91%; 97/107) genes. Apart from fusidic acid and trimethoprim resistance, the correlation between isolate antimicrobial resistance phenotype and the presence of specific resistance genes was ≥97%. Array profiling allowed high-throughput, accurate assignment of MRSA to CCs/STs and SCCmec types and provided further evidence of the diversity of SCCmec/SCC. In most cases, array profiling can accurately predict the resistance phenotype of an isolate.

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