Swine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene in Hong Kong, China

Dulmini Nanayakkara Sapugahawatte; Carmen Li; Yun Kit Yeoh; Priyanga Dharmaratne; Chendi Zhu; Margaret Ip

doi:10.1080/22221751.2020.1785335

Emerging Microbes and Infections (Jan 2020)

Swine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene in Hong Kong, China

Dulmini Nanayakkara Sapugahawatte,
Carmen Li,
Yun Kit Yeoh,
Priyanga Dharmaratne,
Chendi Zhu,
Margaret Ip

Affiliations

Dulmini Nanayakkara Sapugahawatte: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of China
Carmen Li: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of China
Yun Kit Yeoh: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of China
Priyanga Dharmaratne: School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of China
Chendi Zhu: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of China
Margaret Ip: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1785335
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1534 – 1536

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ABSTRACTWe report a SCCmec II, ST39 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate from pigs that harboured toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene (tsst-1). The gene was located in a rare pathogenicity island SaPI68111, which also carried enterotoxin genes that can cause fatal infections. Pigs may potentially serve as a reservoir for MRSA dissemination.

Published in Emerging Microbes and Infections

ISSN: 2222-1751 (Online)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/temi

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