McManus Brenda A, Coleman David C, Deasy Emily C, Brennan Gráinne I, O' Connell Brian, Monecke Stefan, Ehricht Ralf, Leggett Bernadette, Leonard Nola, Shore Anna C
Microbiology Research Unit, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Microbiology Research Unit, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St. James's Hospital, James's St., Dublin 8, Ireland.
PLoS One. 2015 Sep 17;10(9):e0138079. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138079. eCollection 2015.
This study compares the characteristics of Staphylococcus epidermidis (SE) and Staphylococcus haemolyticus (SH) isolates from epidemiologically unrelated infections in humans (Hu) (28 SE-Hu; 8 SH-Hu) and companion animals (CpA) (12 SE-CpA; 13 SH-CpA). All isolates underwent antimicrobial susceptibility testing, multilocus sequence typing and DNA microarray profiling to detect antimicrobial resistance and SCCmec-associated genes. All methicillin-resistant (MR) isolates (33/40 SE, 20/21 SH) underwent dru and mecA allele typing. Isolates were predominantly assigned to sequence types (STs) within a single clonal complex (CC2, SE, 84.8%; CC1, SH, 95.2%). SCCmec IV predominated among MRSE with ST2-MRSE-IVc common to both Hu (40.9%) and CpA (54.5%). Identical mecA alleles and nontypeable dru types (dts) were identified in one ST2-MRSE-IVc Hu and CpA isolate, however, all mecA alleles and 2/4 dts detected among 18 ST2-MRSE-IVc isolates were closely related, sharing >96.5% DNA sequence homology. Although only one ST-SCCmec type combination (ST1 with a non-typeable [NT] SCCmec NT9 [class C mec and ccrB4]) was common to four MRSH-Hu and one MRSH-CpA, all MRSH isolates were closely related based on similar STs, SCCmec genes (V/VT or components thereof), mecA alleles and dts. Overall, 39.6% of MR isolates harbored NT SCCmec elements, and ACME was more common amongst MRSE and CpA isolates. Multidrug resistance (MDR) was detected among 96.7% of isolates but they differed in the prevalence of specific macrolide, aminoglycoside and trimethoprim resistance genes amongst SE and SH isolates. Ciprofloxacin, rifampicin, chloramphenicol [fexA, cat-pC221], tetracycline [tet(K)], aminoglycosides [aadD, aphA3] and fusidic acid [fusB] resistance was significantly more common amongst CpA isolates. SE and SH isolates causing infections in Hu and CpA hosts belong predominantly to STs within a single lineage, harboring similar but variable SCCmec genes, mecA alleles and dts. Host and staphylococcal species-specific characteristics were identified in relation to antimicrobial resistance genes and phenotypes, SCCmec and ACME.
本研究比较了从人类(Hu)(28株表皮葡萄球菌-Hu;8株溶血葡萄球菌-Hu)和伴侣动物(CpA)(12株表皮葡萄球菌-CpA;13株溶血葡萄球菌-CpA)的流行病学无关感染中分离出的表皮葡萄球菌(SE)和溶血葡萄球菌(SH)的特征。所有分离株均进行了抗菌药物敏感性测试、多位点序列分型和DNA微阵列分析,以检测抗菌药物耐药性和SCCmec相关基因。所有耐甲氧西林(MR)分离株(33/40 SE,20/21 SH)进行了dru和mecA等位基因分型。分离株主要被归入单个克隆复合体(CC2,SE,84.8%;CC1,SH,95.2%)内的序列类型(STs)。SCCmec IV在MRSE中占主导地位,Hu(40.9%)和CpA(54.5%)中常见的是ST2-MRSE-IVc。在一株ST2-MRSE-IVc Hu和CpA分离株中鉴定出相同的mecA等位基因和不可分型的dru类型(dts),然而,在18株ST2-MRSE-IVc分离株中检测到的所有mecA等位基因和2/4 dts密切相关,DNA序列同源性>96.5%。虽然只有一种ST-SCCmec类型组合(ST1与不可分型[NT] SCCmec NT9 [C类mec和ccrB4])在四株MRSH-Hu和一株MRSH-CpA中常见,但所有MRSH分离株基于相似的STs、SCCmec基因(V/VT或其组成部分)、mecA等位基因和dts密切相关。总体而言,39.6%的MR分离株携带NT SCCmec元件,ACME在MRSE和CpA分离株中更常见。在96.7%的分离株中检测到多重耐药(MDR),但SE和SH分离株中特定大环内酯类抗生素、氨基糖苷类抗生素和甲氧苄啶耐药基因的流行率有所不同。环丙沙星、利福平、氯霉素[fexA,cat-pC221]、四环素[tet(K)]、氨基糖苷类抗生素[aadD,aphA3]和夫西地酸[fusB]耐药在CpA分离株中明显更常见。在Hu和CpA宿主中引起感染的SE和SH分离株主要属于单个谱系内的STs,携带相似但可变的SCCmec基因、mecA等位基因和dts。在抗菌药物耐药基因和表型、SCCmec和ACME方面鉴定出宿主和葡萄球菌物种特异性特征。