Rapid and specific detection of exfoliative toxin (ET)-producing Staphylococcus aureus strains by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used for identification of exfoliative toxin genes in a diverse set of 115 clinical S. aureus strains isolated in 14 Czech cities between 1998 and 2004. Fifty-nine wild-type ET-positive isolates of which 40 strains were the causative agents of toxic epidermolysis in neonates were classified into 4 PCR types. The genes coding for ETA, ETB or ETD were not detected in any of non-ET-producing isolates. The PCR method using the multiplex and specific primer set was shown to be reliable in rapid identification of the exfoliative toxin producing S. aureus and can be used as a convenient tool for hospital epidermolytic infection control.

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• DNA bakterií analýza   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• exfoliatiny genetika   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• novorozenec MeSH
• polymerázová řetězová reakce metody   MeSH
• sérotypizace MeSH
• stafylokokové infekce kůže mikrobiologie   MeSH
• Staphylococcus aureus klasifikace   genetika   izolace a purifikace   MeSH
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• dospělí MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• novorozenec MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• hodnotící studie MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Česká republika MeSH
• Názvy látek
• DNA bakterií MeSH
• exfoliatiny MeSH

Bacterial species of the genus Staphylococcus known as important human and animal pathogens are the cause of a number of severe infectious diseases. Apart from the major pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, other species until recently considered to be nonpathogenic may also be involved in serious infections. Rapid and accurate identification of the disease-causing agent is therefore prerequisite for disease control and epidemiological surveillance. Modern methods for identification and typing of bacterial species are based on genome analysis and have many advantages compared to phenotypic methods. The genotypic methods currently used in molecular diagnostics of staphylococcal species, particularly of S. aureus, are reviewed. Attention is also paid to new molecular methods with the highest discriminatory power. Efforts made to achieve interlaboratory reproducibility of diagnostic methods are presented.

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• genotyp MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• polymerázová řetězová reakce MeSH
• rezistence na methicilin MeSH
• sekvenční analýza DNA MeSH
• Staphylococcus klasifikace   genetika   izolace a purifikace   MeSH
• techniky typizace bakterií MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• přehledy MeSH