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Microbiol Spectr ; 12(6): e0295023, 2024 Jun 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38709078

ABSTRACT

We conducted a molecular epidemiological study of Staphylococcus aureus using whole-genome sequence data and clinical data of isolates from nasal swabs of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Hiroshima University hospital. The relationship between isolate genotypes and virulence factors, particularly for isolates that caused infectious diseases during ICU admission was compared with those that did not. The nasal carriage rates of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) in patients admitted to the ICU were 7.0% and 20.1%, respectively. The carriage rate of community-acquired (CA)-MRSA was 2.3%, accounting for 32.8% of all MRSA isolates. Whole-genome sequencing analysis of the MRSA isolates indicated that most, including CA-MRSA and healthcare-associated (HA)-MRSA, belonged to clonal complex (CC) 8 [sequence type (ST) 8] and SCCmec type IV. Furthermore, results for three disease foci (pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infection, and deep abscess) and the assessment of virulence factor genes associated with disease conditions [bacteremia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC), and septic shock] suggested that nasal colonization of S. aureus clones could represent a risk for patients within the ICU. Particularly, MRSA/J and MSSA/J may be more likely to cause deep abscess infection; ST764 may cause ventilation-associated pneumonia, hospital-acquired pneumonia and subsequent bacteremia, and ARDS, and tst-1-positive isolates may cause DIC onset.IMPORTANCENasal colonization of MRSA in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) may predict the development of MRSA infections. However, no bacteriological data are available to perform risk assessments for Staphylococcus aureus infection onset. In this single-center 2-year genomic surveillance study, we analyzed all S. aureus isolates from nasal swabs of patients admitted to the ICU and those from the blood or lesions of in-patients who developed infectious diseases in the ICU. Furthermore, we identified the virulent clones responsible for causing infectious diseases in the ICU. Herein, we report several virulent clones present in the nares that are predictive of invasive infections. This information may facilitate the design of preemptive strategies to identify and eradicate virulent MRSA strains, reducing nosocomial infections within the ICU.


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Carrier State , Intensive Care Units , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus , Staphylococcal Infections , Staphylococcus aureus , Tertiary Care Centers , Virulence Factors , Humans , Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology , Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology , Virulence Factors/genetics , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/genetics , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/pathogenicity , Carrier State/microbiology , Carrier State/epidemiology , Staphylococcus aureus/genetics , Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification , Staphylococcus aureus/pathogenicity , Cross Infection/microbiology , Cross Infection/epidemiology , Whole Genome Sequencing , Male , Molecular Epidemiology , Nose/microbiology , Female , Virulence/genetics , Community-Acquired Infections/microbiology , Community-Acquired Infections/epidemiology , Aged , Middle Aged , Genome, Bacterial , Genotype
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Crit Care Med ; 52(2): e107-e108, 2024 02 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38240523

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Sepsis , Humans , Sepsis/diagnosis
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