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Prevalence and Genetic Characteristics of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Isolated from Oral Cavity of Healthy Children in Japan
Prevalence and genetic characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and coagulase-negative staphylococci in oral cavity of healthy children were studied in Hokkaido, northern main island of Japan. From saliva of 526 children, a total of 248 staphylococcal isolates comprising S. aureus (n = 143), S. epidermidis (n = 84), S. warneri (n = 13), S. haemolyticus (n = 5), S. hominis (n = 2), and S. intermedius (n = 1) were recovered. Presence of mecA was confirmed in 6.3% of S. aureus, 50% of S. epidermidis, and 7.7% in S. warneri. SCCmec was mostly classified into type IV, and ACME (arginine catabolic mobile element)-arcA was detected in S. epidermidis (23.8%) and S. intermedius. Nine MRSA isolates belonged to staphylocoagulase gene (coa) type Ia, IIa, IIIa, VIIb/sequence type 1 (ST1), ST5, ST8, ST89, ST120, and were negative for PVL (Panton-Valentine leukocidin) genes. These isolates included two clones of emerging community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) that had been described recently in Japan: ST5/SCCmec IVc, which resembles the “Pediatric clone,” and ST8/SCCmec IVl belonging to coa-IIIa/agr-I with sasL gene, designated “CA-MRSA/J” clone. Various enterotoxin genes were found in all the MRSA and some methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) isolates examined, while tst-1 was detected in four MRSA isolates. Notably, a variant of elastin-binding protein gene (ebpS-v) was identified in ST120 MRSA and ST45 MSSA isolates, and exfoliative toxin D gene (etd) was detected in an MSSA isolate. The present study revealed the presence of MRSA, including the novel CA-MRSA clones, and high prevalence of methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis in oral cavity of healthy children in Japan.
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