Volume 13, Number 4—April 2007
Research
Global Distribution of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–positive Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 2006
Anne Tristan*†
, Michele Bes*, Helene Meugnier*, Gerard Lina*, Bülent Bozdogan†, Patrice Courvalin†, Marie-Elisabeth Reverdy*, Mark C. Enright‡, François Vandenesch*, and Jerome Etienne*
, Michele Bes*, Helene Meugnier*, Gerard Lina*, Bülent Bozdogan†, Patrice Courvalin†, Marie-Elisabeth Reverdy*, Mark C. Enright‡, François Vandenesch*, and Jerome Etienne*
Table 2
Toxin gene content of PVL-positive community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones*
| agr type | ST | No. (%) | Toxin genes always detected (100%) | Toxin genes sometimes detected (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| agr1 | 46 (9.8) | |||
| ST8 | 25 (54.3) | lukPV, lukDE | hlgv (95.8), sek (91.7), sed (16.7), seb (4.2), hlB (4.2) | |
| ST59 | 7 (15.2) | lukPV, hlgv | hlB (87.5), sek (87.5), seb (62.5), lukDE (12.5) | |
| ST22 | 3 (6.5) | sem, seo, lukPV, hlg | ||
| ST766 | 1 (2.2) | sem, seo, lukPV, hlg | ||
| ST 377 | 10 (21.7) | lukPV, edinA/B/C, hlB, hlg | ||
| agr2 | 9 (1.9) | |||
| ST5 | 9 (100) | sem, seo, lukPV, lukED, hlgv | edinA/B/C (55.5) | |
| agr3 | 414 (88.3) | |||
| ST80 | 357 (83.2) | etd, lukPV, edinA/B/C | lukDE (99.7), hlgv (99.7), hlB (0.8) | |
| ST30 | 20 (4.8) | sem, seo, lukPV, hlg | sek (5.0), tst (5.0) | |
| ST37 | 1 (0.2) | sec, sem, seo, tst, lukPV, hlg | ||
| ST93 | 4 (1) | lukPV | ||
| ST1 | 32 (7.7) | lukPV, seh, lukDE, hlgv | sea (78.1), sec (68.7), sek (68.7), seb (25.0), edinA/B/C (3.1) |
*PVL, Panton-Valentine leukocidin; ST, sequence type; lukPV, PVL genes; lukDE, LukE–lukD leukocidin genes; gamma (hlg), gamma variant (hlgv), and β (hlb) hemolysin genes; sea to see, seh, sek, sem, seo, staphylococcal enterotoxin type A to E, H, K, M, and O genes, respectively; tst, toxic shock toxin gene; eta, etb, etd: exfoliative toxin type A, B, and D genes, respectively; edinA/B/C, epidermal cell differentiation inhibitor; agr, accessory gene regulator.
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