Molecular epidemiology of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus in Spain: emergence of the USA300 clone in an autochthonous population

Raquel Blanco; Anne Tristan; Guillermo Ezpeleta; Anders Rhod Larsen; Michèle Bes; Jérôme Etienne; Ramon Cisterna; Frédéric Laurent

doi:10.1128/JCM.02201-10

Molecular epidemiology of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus in Spain: emergence of the USA300 clone in an autochthonous population

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jan;49(1):433-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02201-10. Epub 2010 Nov 10.

Authors

Raquel Blanco¹, Anne Tristan, Guillermo Ezpeleta, Anders Rhod Larsen, Michèle Bes, Jérôme Etienne, Ramon Cisterna, Frédéric Laurent

Affiliation

¹ Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Department, Basurto Hospital, Bilbao, Spain.

Abstract

We characterized all of the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates collected between 2005 and 2008 in the Bilbao, Spain, area. For the first time, the USA300 clone is reported as predominant among PVL-positive clones in a European autochthonous population, requiring active monitoring of the incidence of USA300 in Spain and throughout Europe.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacterial Toxins / genetics*
Exotoxins / genetics*
Female
Humans
Incidence
Leukocidins / genetics*
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Middle Aged
Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular Typing*
Spain / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Virulence Factors / genetics

Substances

Bacterial Toxins
Exotoxins
Leukocidins
Panton-Valentine leukocidin
Virulence Factors