Letter to Editor

Screening of Staphylococcus aureus isolates for mecA and mecC genes carriage

Volume: 63 Number: 4 December 1, 2016
  • Eyüp Doğan
  • Abdullah Kılıç
  • Hülya Türütoğlu
  • Dilek Öztürk
  • Süheyla Türkyılmaz
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Screening of Staphylococcus aureus isolates for mecA and mecC genes carriage

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important pathogen which causes hospital infections and different systemic infections. MRSA is clarified by the acquisition of the mecA gene, which is located on the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec). MecC gene, is a mecA gene homologue showing ~ 69 DNA similarities to the mecA gene. mecC gene positive S. aureus was firstly detected in livestock. Because of that, livestock constitute a reservoir of S. aureus harboring mecC gene in terms of spread to human. The aim of this study was to determine the mecC gene in 177 S. aureus isolates collected from two distinct veterinary laboratories (Burdur and Aydin) between 2011 and 2013. Microorganisms were firstly defined by colony morphology, Gram stain, catalase test, mannitol fermentation and coagulase tests. After that, further identification process was performed by MALDI‐TOF MS (Bruker Daltonics, Billerica, MA, USA). Antibiotic susceptibility testing by Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method with oxacillin (1 μg) and cefoxitin (30 μg) was performed according to the CLSI standards. Inhibition zone diameters for cefoxitin <19 mm and oxacillin <10 mm were considered as resistant to methicillin strains. The investigation of mecA and mecC genes were performed by conventional PCR method. Forty five (25.4%) S. aureus isolates were resistant to oxacillin and cefoxitin by disk diffusion method and also mecA genes were detected in all 45 MRSA isolates by conventional PCR method. MecC gene was not detected with conventional PCR in any of the 177 S. aureus isolates. Although a mecC gene positive S. aureus isolate has not been detected in our study, it is important to continue the surveillance studies to follow the changes of mecC gene in livestock over time

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Veterinary Surgery

Journal Section

Letter to Editor

Authors

Eyüp Doğan This is me

Abdullah Kılıç This is me

Hülya Türütoğlu This is me

Dilek Öztürk This is me

Süheyla Türkyılmaz This is me

Publication Date

December 1, 2016

Submission Date

December 1, 2016

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2016 Volume: 63 Number: 4

APA
Doğan, E., Kılıç, A., Türütoğlu, H., Öztürk, D., & Türkyılmaz, S. (2016). Screening of Staphylococcus aureus isolates for mecA and mecC genes carriage. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, 63(4), 389-399. https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000002758
AMA
1.Doğan E, Kılıç A, Türütoğlu H, Öztürk D, Türkyılmaz S. Screening of Staphylococcus aureus isolates for mecA and mecC genes carriage. Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2016;63(4):389-399. doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000002758
Chicago
Doğan, Eyüp, Abdullah Kılıç, Hülya Türütoğlu, Dilek Öztürk, and Süheyla Türkyılmaz. 2016. “Screening of Staphylococcus Aureus Isolates for MecA and MecC Genes Carriage”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 63 (4): 389-99. https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000002758.
EndNote
Doğan E, Kılıç A, Türütoğlu H, Öztürk D, Türkyılmaz S (December 1, 2016) Screening of Staphylococcus aureus isolates for mecA and mecC genes carriage. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 63 4 389–399.
IEEE
[1]E. Doğan, A. Kılıç, H. Türütoğlu, D. Öztürk, and S. Türkyılmaz, “Screening of Staphylococcus aureus isolates for mecA and mecC genes carriage”, Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 389–399, Dec. 2016, doi: 10.1501/Vetfak_0000002758.
ISNAD
Doğan, Eyüp - Kılıç, Abdullah - Türütoğlu, Hülya - Öztürk, Dilek - Türkyılmaz, Süheyla. “Screening of Staphylococcus Aureus Isolates for MecA and MecC Genes Carriage”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 63/4 (December 1, 2016): 389-399. https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000002758.
JAMA
1.Doğan E, Kılıç A, Türütoğlu H, Öztürk D, Türkyılmaz S. Screening of Staphylococcus aureus isolates for mecA and mecC genes carriage. Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2016;63:389–399.
MLA
Doğan, Eyüp, et al. “Screening of Staphylococcus Aureus Isolates for MecA and MecC Genes Carriage”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 63, no. 4, Dec. 2016, pp. 389-9, doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000002758.
Vancouver
1.Eyüp Doğan, Abdullah Kılıç, Hülya Türütoğlu, Dilek Öztürk, Süheyla Türkyılmaz. Screening of Staphylococcus aureus isolates for mecA and mecC genes carriage. Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2016 Dec. 1;63(4):389-9. doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000002758

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