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2017
Analysis of new types of exfoliative toxin B-encoding plasmids carried by impetigo strains of Staphylococcus aureus
BOTKA, Tibor, Vladislava RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Karla SVOBODOVÁ, Petr PETRÁŠ, Darina ČEJKOVÁ et. al.Basic information
Original name
Analysis of new types of exfoliative toxin B-encoding plasmids carried by impetigo strains of Staphylococcus aureus
Authors
Edition
Brno, The Biomania Student Scientific Meeting 2017, p. 74-74, 2017
Publisher
Masaryk University
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Stať ve sborníku
Field of Study
Genetics and molecular biology
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
printed version "print"
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
ISBN
978-80-210-8737-8
Keywords (in Czech)
ETB plazmid; exfoliativní toxin B; fylogeneze; genomová analýza
Keywords in English
ETB plasmid; exfoliative toxin B; phylogeny; genome analysis
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Reviewed
Změněno: 19/4/2018 14:49, Ing. Nicole Zrilić
Abstract
V originále
Bullous impetigo and staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome are diseases caused by Staphylococcus aureus strains producing exfoliative toxins A and/or B. These toxins are encoded by prophages and plasmids, respectively. We analyzed a set of exfoliative toxin B-encoding plasmids (ETB plasmids) isolated from the impetigo strains implicated in outbreaks of epidermolytic diseases in several Czech maternity hospitals. Restriction endonuclease analysis, DNA sequencing and PCR typing, as well as bioinformatics tools were used for characterization and comparison of the plasmids. Most of them, similar to the archetypal plasmid pETBTY4, formed the main lineage. Sharing a same core sequence, they differed from each other by extra DNA content. The plasmids of this lineage were carried by strains of clonal complex CC121, often along with the prophages encoding exfoliative toxin A. From a prophageless strain, a novel plasmid carrying gene cluster for conjugation and new variants of virulence genes was isolated. It was characterized in detail and could be regarded as a source of a new lineage of ETB plasmids. Based on our findings, we have designed a helpful assay, which enables the precise detection of the novel gene variant for exfoliative toxin B, and facilitates the identification of all described ETB plasmid types. Identified sequence variations enable us to reveal the diversity of ETB plasmids, which are the substantial source of virulence factors in the population of impetigo S. aureus strains.
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