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. 2022 Apr;49(4):3099-3111.
doi: 10.1007/s11033-022-07140-7. Epub 2022 Jan 21.

New update on molecular diversity of clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Iran: antimicrobial resistance, adhesion and virulence factors, biofilm formation and SCCmec typing

Mahtab Tabandeh  1 , Hami Kaboosi  2 , Mojtaba Taghizadeh Armaki  3 , Abazar Pournajaf  4 , Fatemeh Peyravii Ghadikolaii  5
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New update on molecular diversity of clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Iran: antimicrobial resistance, adhesion and virulence factors, biofilm formation and SCCmec typing

Mahtab Tabandeh et al. Mol Biol Rep. 2022 Apr.

Abstract

Background: Staphylococcus aureus is often considered as a potential pathogen and resistant to a wide range of antibiotics. The pathogenicity of this bacterium is due to the presence of multiple virulence factors and the ability to form biofilm. SCCmec types I, II and III are mainly attributed to HA-MRSA, while SCCmec types IV and V have usually been reported in CA-MRSA infections.

Methods and results: In this study, we performed a cross-sectional study to determine the antimicrobial resistance, adhesion and virulence factors, biofilm formation and SCCmec typing of clinical S. aureus isolates in Iran. S. aureus isolates were identified using microbiological standard methods and antibiotic susceptibility tests were performed as described by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines. Inducible resistance phenotype and biofilm formation were determined using D-test and tissue culture plate methods, respectively. Multiplex-PCRs were performed to detect adhesion and virulence factors, antibiotic resistance genes, biofilm formation and SCCmec typing by specific primers. Among 143 clinical samples, 67.8% were identified as MRSA. All isolates were susceptible to vancomycin. The prevalence of cMLSB, iMLSB and MS phenotypes were 61.1%, 22.2% and 14.8%, respectively. The TCP method revealed that 71.3% of isolates were able to form biofilm. The predominant virulence and inducible resistance genes in both MRSA and MSSA isolates were related to sea and ermC respectively. SCCmec type III was the predominant type.

Conclusions: Data show the high prevalence rates of virulence elements among S. aureus isolates, especially MRSA strains. This result might be attributed to antibiotic pressure, facilitating clonal selection.

Keywords: Antibiotic resistance; Biofilm; Iran; SCCmec typing; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence factor.

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