Open AccessMolecular characterization of Staphylococcus argenteus in Myanmar: identification of novel genotypes/clusters in staphylocoagulase, protein A, alpha-haemolysin and other virulence factors
Author(s) -
Meiji Soe Aung,
Thida San,
Nilar San,
Win Mar Oo,
Phyoe May Ko,
Khin Thet Thet,
Noriko Urushibara,
Mitsuyo Kawaguchiya,
Ayako Sumi,
Nobumichi Kobayashi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000869
Subject(s) - biology , microbiology and biotechnology , virulence , hemolysin , multilocus sequence typing , staphylococcus aureus , staphylokinase , coagulase , enterotoxin , genotype , gene , sequence analysis , locus (genetics) , phylogenetic tree , genetics , staphylococcus , bacteria , escherichia coli
Staphylococcus argenteus is a novel emerging species of coagulase-positive staphylococcus that is genetically closely related to Staphylococcus aureus. To elucidate the molecular differences in the virulence factors (staphylocoagulase, protein A, alpha-haemolysin, enterotoxin-like toxin and staphylokinase) between these staphylococcal species, S. argenteus that had recently been isolated in Myanmar (five nasal isolates and four clinical isolates) were analysed.