scholarly journals trans-Complementation of aStaphylococcus aureus agr Mutant by Staphylococcus lugdunensis agr RNAIII

1998 ◽  
Vol 180 (21) ◽  
pp. 5780-5783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Benito ◽  
Gerard Lina ◽  
Timothy Greenland ◽  
Jerome Etienne ◽  
François Vandenesch

ABSTRACT RNAIII from Staphylococcus lugdunensis (RNAIII-sl) in aStaphylococcus aureus agr mutant partially restored the Agr phenotype. A chimeric construct consisting of the 5′ end of RNAIII-sl and the 3′ end of RNAIII from S. aureus restored the Agr phenotype to a greater extent, suggesting the presence of independent regulatory domains.

3 Biotech ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Weidong Qian ◽  
Zhaohuan Sun ◽  
Yuting Fu ◽  
Min Yang ◽  
Ting Wang ◽  
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UNICIÊNCIAS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Vivian Tallita Pinheiro de Santana ◽  
Phelipe Magalhães Duarte ◽  
Uvleique Alves Fernandes ◽  
Gabriel Moreno Damião ◽  
Amanda Lourença Da Silva

Rápidos, portáteis e acessíveis, os aparelhos celulares foram incorporados às atividades e rotinas diárias da população. Diante de tal intimidade, esses aparelhos também passaram a se constituir em um meio de crescimento para agentes microbiológicos comensais e acidentais. Medidas de controle como a adoção de boas práticas de higiene são imprescindíveis para a diminuição da carga microbiológica e, por consequência, decréscimo dos riscos de transmissão destes agentes ao homem, principalmente em imunodeprimidos. Dessa forma, o presente trabalho objetivou identificar os micro-organismos presentes em aparelhos celulares de acadêmicos e professores da Universidade de Cuiabá (UNIC), Campus Primavera do Leste – MT, através de amostragens obtidas de 24 aparelhos de telefones celulares de voluntários. Foram realizadas coletas para cada um dos aparelhos celulares disponibilizados pelos voluntários, através de um swab de transporte. Este foi deslizado na parte externa do aparelho, cobrindo toda a área da tela, conectores e alto-falante e, em seguida, inseridos em meio Stuart e remetidos ao laboratório. Do total de amostras coletadas, 19 (79,1%) apresentaram crescimento bacteriano em meio de cultura nutritivo. Os micro-organismos isolados foram Staphylococcus aureus em seis amostras (31,6%), Staphylococcus lugdunensis em outras seis (31,6%), Staphylococcus epidermidis em três (15,8%), Staphylococcus spp. em três (5,8%) e Escherichia coli em uma (5,2%) das amostras. Diante dos resultados obtidos se pôde constatar que os aparelhos celulares podem atuar como meio de multiplicação microbiológica, assim se deve adotar medidas preventivas de higiene e antissepsia das mãos e destes aparelhos, a fim de evitar a proliferação e veiculação de micro-organismos por meio destes. Palavras-chave: Telefone Celular. Staphylococcus aureus.  Escherichia coli. AbstractFast, portable and affordable, mobile phones have been incorporated into the daily activities and routines of the population. Faced with such intimacy, these devices have also become a growth medium for commensal and accidental microbiological agents. Control measures such as the adoption of good hygiene practices are essential to reduce the microbiological load and, consequently, decrease the risks of transmission of these agents to humans, especially in immunosuppressed ones. Thus, the present work aimed to identify the microorganisms present in cell phones of academics and professors of the University of Cuiabá (UNIC), Campus Primavera do Leste - MT, through samples obtained from 24 cell phones of volunteers. The samples  were collected for each of the mobile devices made available by the volunteers through a transport swab. This was slid on the external part of the device, covering the entire display area, connectors and speaker, then inserted into Stuart medium and sent to the lab. Of the total samples collected, only 19 (79.1%) showed bacterial growth in nutrient culture medium. Microorganisms isolated from growth media were Staphylococcus aureus in six samples (31.6%), Staphylococcus lugdunensis in six (31.6%), Staphylococcus epidermidis in three (15.8%), Staphylococcus spp. in three (5.8%) and Escherichia coli in one (5.2%) of the samples. Given the results obtained, it can be seen that cell phones can act as a means of microbiological multiplication, so preventive measures of hygiene and antisepsis of  hands should be adopted, in order to prevent the proliferation and spread of microorganisms through them . Keyword: Cell Phone. Staphylococcus aureus.  Escherichia coli. 


2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Gloria I. Morales-Parra ◽  
María C. Yaneth-Giovanetti ◽  
Andrés B. Zuleta-Hernández ◽  
Marilyn L. Núñez-Carrillo

Introducción: las infecciones por Staphylococcus spp. multirresistentes están asociadas con una mayor morbimortalidad de los pacientes afectados. Objetivo: caracterizar fenotipos de resistencia a meticilina, macrólidos y lincosamidas de 50 aislados de Staphylococcus spp. provenientes de pacientes de un centro hospitalario en la ciudad de Valledupar (Colombia). Materiales y métodos: las pruebas de susceptibilidad a meticilina, eritromicina y clindamicina se realizaron por los métodos de microdilución en caldo y difusión en agar. La resistencia a meticilina se tamizó por la técnica de dilución en agar y la resistencia inducible a clindamicina por la prueba D. Resultados: los aislados de Staphylococcus fueron obtenidos principalmente de heridas (58%) y orinas (12%) y en las áreas de consulta externa (40%), cirugía (24%) y urgencias (10%). Staphylococcus aureus se aisló en un 68%, seguido de Staphylococcus epidermidis (14%), Staphylococcus lugdunensis (8%), Staphylococcus saprophyticus (4%), Staphylococcus haemolyticus (4%) y Staphylococcus hominis (2%). La resistencia a meticilina se encontró en el 36% de los aislados de Staphylococcus aureus y el 8% de los estafilococos coagulasa negativos. Se evidenciaron cinco fenotipos de resistencia; el fenotipo con sensibilidad a eritromicina y clindamicina fue el más frecuente (54%), seguido del de resistencia a ambos antibióticos (14%). La resistencia inducible a clindamicina fue del 12%, encontrándose en el 8% de aislados de Staphylococcus aureus y el 4% de los de Staphylococcus epidermidis. Conclusiones: la prueba D es esencial para detectar el fenotipo de resistencia inducible a clindamicina en aislados de Staphylococcus spp. y evitar su administración frente al inminente fracaso terapéutico.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradford III Becken ◽  
Jacob Kilgore ◽  
Elizabeth Thompson ◽  
M. Anthony Moody

Infective endocarditis is often caused by bacterial pathogens and can affect native and prosthetic tissue. Common pathogens in pediatric patients include Staphylococcus aureus, viridans group streptococci, enterococcal species and coagulase-negative staphylococci, though culture-negative cases are not uncommon. Coagulase-negative staphylococci present a conundrum to clinicians due to the potential of culture contamination. While Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus, it is an emerging cardiotropic pathogen that presents similarly to Staphylococcus aureus. Here we report a case of a child with repaired tetralogy of Fallot found to have right-sided infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis.


Author(s):  
Malin Hagstrand Aldman ◽  
Magnus Rasmussen ◽  
Lars Olaison ◽  
Lisa I. Påhlman

AbstractWe present characteristics of infective endocarditis (IE) caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis and compare with IE caused by Staphylococcus aureus and other CoNS, in the National Swedish Registry of IE (2008–2018). Thirty episodes of S. lugdunensis IE were registered, of which 21 cases affected native valves, and 7 patients were subjected to surgery. The mortality rate at 30 days was significantly higher for S. lugdunensis IE (20%, n = 6), than for IE caused by other CoNS (7%) or S. aureus (9%) p = 0.016. Septic embolisation was only reported in two cases (7%). The most common treatment was isoxazolyl penicillin (n = 18).


1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 240-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
CL Cooper ◽  
SH Choudhri ◽  
RJ Hoeschen

Staphylococcus lugdunensisis a coagulase-negative organism first identified in 1988. It is often incorrectly identified asStaphylococcus aureus,and has been isolated as the etiological agent in over 20 cases of left-sided endocarditis. This report describes the first documented case of right-sided endocarditis caused byS lugdunensis. This experience suggests thatS lugdunensiscan infect native valves in the absence of any predisposing risk factors such as injection drug use.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
C. Danielle Tan ◽  
Donna Moritz ◽  
Alfredo J. Mena Lora

Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a skin commensal classified as a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS). Though CoNS is typically associated with less aggressive clinical disease than Staphylococcus aureus, there is growing awareness that S. lugdunensis may be as virulent as S. aureus. The association between S. lugdunensis and infective endocarditis is well known, but few reports of native-joint disease with this organism exist. We report a case a 28-year-old male with no prior medical problems presenting with native-joint septic arthritis. Cultures grew S. lugdunensis. To our knowledge, this is the fifth case reported in the literature.


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