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J Med Microbiol 55 (2006), 179-182; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46162-0
© 2006 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 0022-2615

PCR detection of toxic shock syndrome toxin of Staphylococcus aureus from Tripoli, Libya

Abdulmula El-Ghodban1, Khalifa Sifaw Ghenghesh2, Károly Márialigeti1, Hamida Esahli3 and Abdurrahman Tawil4

1 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Etövös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

2 ,3 ,4 Departments of Medical Microbiology2 and Pediatrics3 , Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences4 , PO Box 80013, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya

Correspondence
Khalifa Sifaw Ghenghesh
ghenghesh_micro{at}yahoo.com

Received 19 May 2005
Accepted 10 October 2005

Sixty-three Staphylococcus aureus strains (40 from clinical sources and 23 from food sources) were examined for toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) using PCR, phage typed using the international phage set (IPS) and tested for their susceptibility to antibiotics. Only three strains (all from clinical sources) were positive for the TSST-1 gene (tst). The majority of S. aureus strains that were typeable by IPS belonged to group II. Resistance to one or more antibiotics was detected in 47·5 and 73·9 % of clinical and food strains, respectively. This is the first time that PCR detection of tst in S. aureus has been reported from Libya, and further studies are needed on the occurrence of toxic shock syndrome in the community and the role of TSST-1-producing S. aureus in this disease in Libya.

Abbreviations: IPS, international phage set; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; SE, staphylococcal enterotoxins; TSS, toxic shock syndrome; TSST-1, toxic shock syndrome toxin-1.






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