title: Analysis of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus by a molecular typing method based on coagulase gene polymorphisms.
abstract: A molecular typing method for Staphylococcus aureus based on coagulase gene polymorphisms (coagulase gene typing) was evaluated by examining a total of 240 isolates which comprised 210 methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and 30 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) collected from a single hospital. By AluI restriction enzyme digestion of the PCR-amplified 3'-end region of the coagulase gene including 81-bp repeated units, the MRSA and MSSA isolates examined were divided into 6 and 12 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns, respectively, whereas five patterns were commonly detected in MRSA and MSSA. MRSA isolates that showed a particular RFLP pattern were considered to be predominant in the hospital. Coagulase typing with type-specific antisera was also performed for all S. aureus isolates for comparison. Coagulase types II and VII were most frequently detected and included isolates with four and five different AluI RFLP patterns, respectively, whereas each of the other coagulase types corresponded to a single RFLP pattern. These results indicated that RFLP typing was more discriminatory than serological typing, for typing S. aureus and demonstrated its utility in epidemiologic investigation of S. aureus infection in hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Urasawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Omizu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yagihashi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D003030:Coagulase / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D003030:Coagulase; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008712:Methicillin