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Relationship between MLSB resistance and the prevalent virulence genotypes among Bulgarian Staphylococcus aureus isolates

Tsitou, Virna-Maria and Mitov, Ivan and Gergova, Raina (2021) Relationship between MLSB resistance and the prevalent virulence genotypes among Bulgarian Staphylococcus aureus isolates. ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA ET IMMUNOLOGICA HUNGARICA, 68 (1). pp. 55-61. ISSN 1217-8950

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the rate of resistance to macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLSB) antibiotics, the mechanisms underlying this resistance and to evaluate their relationship with virulence genes profiles of 435 Bulgarian clinical isolates Staphylococcus aureus. The highest resistance was observed to penicillin (96.09%), followed by resistance to erythromycin and clindamycin (34.02 and 22.76%, respectively). Of the tested clinical strains of S. aureus, 96.09% contained the blaZ gene associated with penicillin resistance and 11.03%, the mecA gene responsible for methicillin resistance. The most prevalent were the erm genotypes associated with the presence mainly of ermA and ermC genes followed by ermB. The frequency rates of these genes, alone or in combinations were ermA 41.89%, ermB 27.70%, ermC 43.99%. The majority of Bulgarian macrolide resistant S. aureus exhibited cMLS phenotype, in 58.78% (P 5 0.0036). The following virulence genotypes were present significantly more often in the macrolide resistant S. aureus isolates among the studied ones: hlg; hlg,seb; hlg,seb,sec; hlg,seb,seh; hlg,sec; hlg,sec,sei; hlg,sec,sei; hlg,sei; hlg,sei,sej; hlg,sej. This survey found correlation between the virulence profiles with a small number of genes and macrolide resistance among Bulgarian clinical S. aureus isolates, in contrast to sensitive strains, which possessed profiles predominantly with multiple genes.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Funding Agency and Grant Number: Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science under the National Program for Research "Young Scientists and Postdoctoral Students (AM)", Medical University Sofia
Uncontrolled Keywords: PHENOTYPES; immunology; Virulence; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; macrolide resistance;
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QR Microbiology / mikrobiológia
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 15 Oct 2021 08:31
Last Modified: 31 Mar 2022 23:15
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/132547

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