To trace evolution of Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive clonal complex 398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the Czech Republic, we tested 103 MRSA isolates from humans. Five (4.9%) were Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive clonal complex 398, sequence types 1232 and 9181. Spread to the Czech Republic may result from travel to or from other countries.
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- bakteriální toxiny * biosyntéza genetika MeSH
- dějiny 21. století MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- exotoxiny * genetika biosyntéza MeSH
- leukocidiny * genetika MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- methicilin rezistentní Staphylococcus aureus * genetika izolace a purifikace MeSH
- stafylokokové infekce * mikrobiologie epidemiologie MeSH
- Check Tag
- dějiny 21. století MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- historické články MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
A prospective study (2007-2013) was undertaken to investigate clinical features and prognostic factors of necrotizing pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) in the Czech Republic. Twelve cases of necrotizing pneumonia were detected in 12 patients (median age 25 years) without severe underlying disease. Eight cases occurred in December and January and the accumulation of cases in the winter months preceding the influenza season was statistically significant (P < 0·001). The course of pneumonia was very rapid, leading to early sepsis and/or septic shock in all but one patient. Seven patients died and mortality was fourfold higher in those patients presenting with primary pneumonia than with pneumonia complicating other staphylococcal/pyogenic infection elsewhere in the body. The S. aureus isolates displayed considerable genetic variability and were assigned to five lineages CC8 (n = 3), CC15 (n = 2), CC30 (n = 2), CC80 (n = 1), and CC121 (n = 3) and one was a singleton of ST154 (n = 1), all were reported to be associated with community-acquired infection. Four strains were methicillin resistant. The high case-fatality rate can only be reduced by improving the speed of diagnosis and a rapid test to detect S. aureus in the airways is needed.
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- bakteriální pneumonie farmakoterapie mikrobiologie mortalita MeSH
- bakteriální toxiny biosyntéza MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- exotoxiny biosyntéza MeSH
- genetická variace MeSH
- infekce získané v komunitě mikrobiologie MeSH
- kojenec MeSH
- leukocidiny biosyntéza MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- methicilin rezistentní Staphylococcus aureus genetika metabolismus MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- nekróza mikrobiologie MeSH
- plíce patologie MeSH
- prognóza MeSH
- prospektivní studie MeSH
- roční období MeSH
- septický šok mikrobiologie MeSH
- Staphylococcus aureus MeSH
- streptokokové infekce farmakoterapie mikrobiologie mortalita MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- kojenec MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
Group A streptococcal strains were isolated from the throats of 46 children suffering from scarlet fever. For detection of erythrogenic toxins (ETs), the culture supernatants were concentrated 100 times by ethanol precipitation and solubilisation in acetate buffer. ELISA was used to identify ETA and double immunodiffusion to identify ETB and ETC. The presence of the ETA gene was detected by a specific DNA probe. ETA (alone or in combination with ETB and/or ETC) was found in 51.9% of the strains, ETB (alone or in combination with ETA and/or ETC) in 76.9% and ETC (in combination with ETA and ETB) in 28.9%. Only 5.8% of strains did not produce any detectable ET. In SDS-PAGE, supernatants of ETB-producing strains showed a pronounced band in either the region of the proteinase zymogen or the active proteinase. There was no correlation between the type of erythrogenic toxin and the serological M or T type of the producing strain. The mitogenic potency of culture supernatants did not differ significantly irrespective of the toxin type(s) present. Culture supernatants of strains without a detectable amount of the known ETs were highly mitogenic, indicating the production of other streptococcal mitogens. A correlation with clinical symptoms was determined with regard to exanthema and fever. Strains producing two or three toxins caused a more intense exanthema. Patient temperature was higher (greater than or equal to 38 degrees C) when the infecting strain produced ETB. The toxin-producing patterns of the strains of this study were compared with those isolated during the last epidemic outbreak of scarlet fever in East Germany.
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- aktivace lymfocytů MeSH
- bakteriální proteiny * MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- DNA sondy MeSH
- elektroforéza v polyakrylamidovém gelu MeSH
- ELISA MeSH
- epidemický výskyt choroby * MeSH
- erytém mikrobiologie MeSH
- exantém mikrobiologie MeSH
- exotoxiny analýza biosyntéza MeSH
- horečka mikrobiologie MeSH
- imunodifuze MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- membránové proteiny * MeSH
- mitogeny analýza biosyntéza MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- pyrogeny analýza biosyntéza MeSH
- spála epidemiologie mikrobiologie MeSH
- Streptococcus pyogenes * MeSH
- Check Tag
- dítě MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Československo MeSH
- Německo východní MeSH
