The prevalence of the Staphylococcus aureus tst gene among community- and hospital-acquired strains and isolates from Wegener's Granulomatosis patients

R.H.C.A. Deurenberg; R.F. Nieuwenhuis; C.C. Driessen; N. London; F.R. Stassen; F.H. van Tiel; E.E. Stobberingh; C. Vink

doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2005.03.002

The prevalence of the Staphylococcus aureus tst gene among community- and hospital-acquired strains and isolates from Wegener's Granulomatosis patients

R.H.C.A. Deurenberg, R.F. Nieuwenhuis, C.C. Driessen, N. London, F.R. Stassen, F.H. van Tiel, E.E. Stobberingh, C. Vink^*

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Abstract

To allow rapid identification of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1)-producing Staphylococcus aureus strains, a real-time PCR assay for the detection of the tst gene, which encodes TSST-1, was developed. The assay was applied to S. aureus isolates from patients with Wegener's Granulomatosis (WG), as well as isolates that were classified as either community- (CA) or hospital-acquired (HA). No significant difference in the percentage of tst-positive strains was observed between isolates from WG patients and CA isolates (24% and 25%, respectively). In contrast, only 14% of the HA isolates were tst-positive (p<0.05). Investigation of the clonal relationship between tst-positive CA and HA strains could indicated the recent emergence of a virulent S. aureus clone in the community.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	185-189
Journal	Fems Microbiology Letters
Volume	245
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.femsle.2005.03.002
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2005

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Deurenberg, R. H. C. A., Nieuwenhuis, R. F., Driessen, C. C., London, N., Stassen, F. R., van Tiel, F. H., Stobberingh, E. E., & Vink, C. (2005). The prevalence of the Staphylococcus aureus tst gene among community- and hospital-acquired strains and isolates from Wegener's Granulomatosis patients. Fems Microbiology Letters, 245(1), 185-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.femsle.2005.03.002

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The prevalence of the Staphylococcus aureus tst gene among community- and hospital-acquired strains and isolates from Wegener's Granulomatosis patients. / Deurenberg, R.H.C.A.; Nieuwenhuis, R.F.; Driessen, C.C. et al.
In: Fems Microbiology Letters, Vol. 245, No. 1, 01.01.2005, p. 185-189.

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