Highlander_2007_BMC.Microbiol_7_99

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Title : Subtle genetic changes enhance virulence of methicillin resistant and sensitive Staphylococcus aureus - Highlander_2007_BMC.Microbiol_7_99
Author(s) : Highlander SK , Hulten KG , Qin X , Jiang H , Yerrapragada S , Mason EO, Jr. , Shang Y , Williams TM , Fortunov RM , Liu Y , Igboeli O , Petrosino J , Tirumalai M , Uzman A , Fox GE , Cardenas AM , Muzny DM , Hemphill L , Ding Y , Dugan S , Blyth PR , Buhay CJ , Dinh HH , Hawes AC , Holder M , Kovar CL , Lee SL , Liu W , Nazareth LV , Wang Q , Zhou J , Kaplan SL , Weinstock GM
Ref : BMC Microbiol , 7 :99 , 2007
Abstract :

BACKGROUND: Community acquired (CA) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) increasingly causes disease worldwide. USA300 has emerged as the predominant clone causing superficial and invasive infections in children and adults in the USA. Epidemiological studies suggest that USA300 is more virulent than other CA-MRSA. The genetic determinants that render virulence and dominance to USA300 remain unclear. RESULTS: We sequenced the genomes of two pediatric USA300 isolates: one CA-MRSA and one CA-methicillin susceptible (MSSA), isolated at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. DNA sequencing was performed by Sanger dideoxy whole genome shotgun (WGS) and 454 Life Sciences pyrosequencing strategies. The sequence of the USA300 MRSA strain was rigorously annotated. In USA300-MRSA 2658 chromosomal open reading frames were predicted and 3.1 and 27 kilobase (kb) plasmids were identified. USA300-MSSA contained a 20 kb plasmid with some homology to the 27 kb plasmid found in USA300-MRSA. Two regions found in US300-MRSA were absent in USA300-MSSA. One of these carried the arginine deiminase operon that appears to have been acquired from S. epidermidis. The USA300 sequence was aligned with other sequenced S. aureus genomes and regions unique to USA300 MRSA were identified. CONCLUSION: USA300-MRSA is highly similar to other MRSA strains based on whole genome alignments and gene content, indicating that the differences in pathogenesis are due to subtle changes rather than to large-scale acquisition of virulence factor genes. The USA300 Houston isolate differs from another sequenced USA300 strain isolate, derived from a patient in San Francisco, in plasmid content and a number of sequence polymorphisms. Such differences will provide new insights into the evolution of pathogens.

PubMedSearch : Highlander_2007_BMC.Microbiol_7_99
PubMedID: 17986343
Gene_locus related to this paper: staa3-q2fkj0 , staau-LIP , staau-lipas , staau-MW0741 , staau-MW2456 , staau-q6gfm6 , staau-SA0011 , staau-SA0569 , staau-SA0572 , staau-SA0897 , staau-SA1143 , staau-SA2240 , staau-SA2306 , staau-SA2367 , staau-SA2422 , staau-SAV0321 , staau-SAV0446 , staau-SAV0457 , staau-SAV0655 , staau-SAV1014 , staau-SAV1765 , staau-SAV1793 , staau-SAV2188 , staau-SAV2350 , staau-SAV2594

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Gene_locus staa3-q2fkj0    staau-LIP    staau-lipas    staau-MW0741    staau-MW2456    staau-q6gfm6    staau-SA0011    staau-SA0569    staau-SA0572    staau-SA0897    staau-SA1143    staau-SA2240    staau-SA2306    staau-SA2367    staau-SA2422    staau-SAV0321    staau-SAV0446    staau-SAV0457    staau-SAV0655    staau-SAV1014    staau-SAV1765    staau-SAV1793    staau-SAV2188    staau-SAV2350    staau-SAV2594

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Highlander SK, Hulten KG, Qin X, Jiang H, Yerrapragada S, Mason EO, Jr., Shang Y, Williams TM, Fortunov RM, Liu Y, Igboeli O, Petrosino J, Tirumalai M, Uzman A, Fox GE, Cardenas AM, Muzny DM, Hemphill L, Ding Y, Dugan S, Blyth PR, Buhay CJ, Dinh HH, Hawes AC, Holder M, Kovar CL, Lee SL, Liu W, Nazareth LV, Wang Q, Zhou J, Kaplan SL, Weinstock GM (2007)
Subtle genetic changes enhance virulence of methicillin resistant and sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
BMC Microbiol 7 :99

Highlander SK, Hulten KG, Qin X, Jiang H, Yerrapragada S, Mason EO, Jr., Shang Y, Williams TM, Fortunov RM, Liu Y, Igboeli O, Petrosino J, Tirumalai M, Uzman A, Fox GE, Cardenas AM, Muzny DM, Hemphill L, Ding Y, Dugan S, Blyth PR, Buhay CJ, Dinh HH, Hawes AC, Holder M, Kovar CL, Lee SL, Liu W, Nazareth LV, Wang Q, Zhou J, Kaplan SL, Weinstock GM (2007)
BMC Microbiol 7 :99