Journal
VIRULENCE
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 260-269Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2020.1869484
Keywords
Atopic dermatitis; S. aureus; virulence; methicillin resistance; clonal complex 30
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- Brazilian grant from FundacAo Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)
- Brazilian grant from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- Brazilian grant from CoordenacAo de Aperfeicoamento Pessoal de Nivel Superior Brasil (CAPES) [001]
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This study found a high frequency of CC30 MRSA isolates carrying multiple virulence genes in infected skin lesions of AD children in Brazil, but there was no significant association between the features of Staphylococcus aureus isolates and the severity of atopic dermatitis.
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease and colonization by Staphylococcus aureus may affect up to 100% of these patients. Virulent and resistant isolates can worsen AD patient clinical condition and jeopardize the treatment. We aimed to detect virulence genes and to evaluate the biofilm production of S. aureus isolates from infected skin lesions of children with AD. Methicillin resistance was detected by phenotypic and molecular tests and the virulence genes were detected by PCR. Biofilm formation was assessed by bacterial growing on microtiter plates and later stained with safranin. Genotyping was performed by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Multilocus Sequence Typing. Among 106 AD patients, 55 (51.8%) had developed S. aureus cutaneous infections and 23 (41.6%) were methicillin-resistant (MRSA). All 55 isolates carried the fnbA, hla, icaA, sasG, and seu genes, and more than 70% presented cna, eap, ebpS, hlg, and pvl genes. Clonal complex (CC) 30 was the main lineage found (34.5%), especially among MRSA isolates (52.2%). The egc cluster and the bbp gene were significantly the most frequent in MRSA isolates and in USA1100/ST30/CC30 lineage. Most of the isolates (74.5%) were non-biofilm producers and many of them only started to produce it in the presence of fibrinogen. There was no significant association between S. aureus isolates features and the AD severity. This study demonstrated a high frequency of CC30 MRSA isolates presenting several virulence genes in infected skin lesions of AD children in Brazil, that may influence the severity of the disease and the treatments required.
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