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J Med Microbiol 57 (2008), 403-410; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47413-0
© 2008 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Prevalence of genes encoding extracellular virulence factors among meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic

P. Sauer1,2, J. Síla1, T. Stosová1, R. Vecerová1,2, P. Hejnar1,2, I. Vágnerová1,2, M. Kolár1,2, V. Raclavsky1,2, J. Petrzelová1,2, Y. Lovecková1,2 and D. Koukalová1,2

1 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

2 University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Correspondence
P. Sauer
pavel.sauer{at}email.cz

Received 25 May 2007
Accepted 6 December 2007

A rather fast and complicated progression of an infection caused by some strains of Staphylococcus aureus could be associated with the expression and co-action of virulence factor complexes in these strains. This study screened the antibiotic susceptibility and prevalence of virulence markers in isolates of meticillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) obtained from patients hospitalized at the University Hospital in Olomouc, Czech Republic. A total of 100 isolates was screened for 13 genes encoding extracellular virulence determinants (tst, pvl, eta, etb, sea, seb, sec, sed, see, seg, seh, sei and sej) and for their distribution in sample types. Eighty-nine isolates were positive for at least one of the genes. Genes for etb, pvl, see and seh were not detected in any of the MRSA isolates. No statistically significant differences in the occurrence of the determinants studied among sample types were found.

Abbreviations: MRSA, meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA, meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; SSSS, staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome.






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