| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2052941 | FEBS Letters | 2006 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) with Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) genes is increasing worldwide. Nosocomial outbreak-derived (hospital-acquired) MRSA (HA-MRSA) in Japan in the 1980s was also largely PVL+. PVL+ HA-MRSA and CA-MRSA shared the same multi-locus sequence type (ST30) and methicillin resistance cassette (SCCmecIV), but were divergent in oxacillin resistance, spa typing, PFGE analysis or clfA gene analysis. PVL+ HA-MRSA, which probably originated in PVL+S. aureus ST30, was highly adhesive (carrying cna and bbp genes), highly-toxic (carrying lukPV and sea genes) and highly drug-resistant. PVL+ HA-MRSA was once replaced by other PVL− HA-MRSA (e.g., ST5), and is re-emerging as CA-MRSA.
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Authors
Ikue Taneike, Taketo Otsuka, Soshi Dohmae, Kohei Saito, Kyoko Ozaki, Misao Takano, Wataru Higuchi, Tomomi Takano, Tatsuo Yamamoto,