• Clin. Microbiol. Infect. · Aug 2009

    The molecular epidemiology and evolution of the Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300 in Western Australia.

    • S Monecke, R Ehricht, P Slickers, H-L Tan, and G Coombs.
    • Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden, D-01307 Dresden, Germany. monecke@rocketmail.com
    • Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 2009 Aug 1; 15 (8): 770-6.

    AbstractBetween 2003 and 2008, 76 clinical isolates of the Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus strain 'West Australian methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-12' (WA MRSA-12) were recovered from 72 patients living in the Perth area in Western Australia. These isolates were found to belong to multilocus sequence type 8, and had a USA300-like pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pulsotype. All isolates were genotyped using diagnostic DNA arrays covering species markers, resistance factors, virulence-associated, as well as MSCRAMM (microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules) genes to prove the identity between WA MRSA-12 and the pandemic strain USA300, as well as to detect possible genetic variability. In general, WA MRSA-12 isolates were similar to USA300, and the most common variant was identical to USA300-TC1516. From this clone, most of the other variants may have evolved by a limited number of gene losses or acquisitions. Variations in carriage of virulence and resistance-associated genes allow distinction of variants or sub-clones. Altogether, 16 variants could be distinguished. They differed in the carriage of resistance genes (blaZ/I/R, ermC, msrA + mpbBM, aadD + mupR, aphA3 + sat, tetK, qacC, merA/B/R/T) of beta-haemolysin-converting phages and of enterotoxins (sek + seq, which were deleted in four isolates). Notably, the arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME) was absent in 12 isolates (15.8%). The mercury resistance (mer) operon, which is usually associated with SCCmec type III elements, was found in several ACME-negative isolates. The present study emphasises the importance of genotyping in detecting the introduction and evolution of significant MRSA strains within a community.

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