Two highly divergent lineages of exfoliative toxin B-encoding plasmids revealed in impetigo strains of Staphylococcus aureus
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| Rok publikování | 2017 |
| Druh | Článek v odborném periodiku |
| Časopis / Zdroj | International Journal of Medical Microbiology |
| Fakulta / Pracoviště MU | |
| Citace | |
| www | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1438422117301157 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmm.2017.05.005 |
| Obor | Mikrobiologie, virologie |
| Klíčová slova | Staphylococcus aureus; Exfoliative toxin B; ETB plasmids; Bullous impetigo; Phylogeny |
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| Popis | Exfoliative toxin B (ETB) encoded by some large plasmids plays a crucial role in epidermolytic diseases caused by Staphylococcus aureus. We have found as yet unknown types of etb gene-positive plasmids isolated from a set of impetigo strains implicated in outbreaks of pemphigus neonatorum in Czech maternity hospitals. Plasmids from the strains of clonal complex CC121 were related to archetypal plasmid pETBTY4. Sharing a 33-kb core sequence including virulence genes for ETB, EDIN C, and lantibiotics, they were assigned to a stand-alone lineage, named pETBTY4-based plasmids. Differing from each other in the content of variable DNA regions, they formed four sequence types. In addition to them, a novel unique plasmid pETB608 isolated from a strain of ST130 was described. Carrying conjugative cluster genes, as well as new variants of etb and edinA genes, pETB608 could be regarded as a source of a new lineage of ETB plasmids. We have designed a helpful detection assay, which facilitates the precise identification of the all described types of ETB plasmids. |
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