PMID- 36945681 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230323 IS - 1178-6973 (Print) IS - 1178-6973 (Electronic) IS - 1178-6973 (Linking) VI - 16 DP - 2023 TI - Molecular Epidemiology of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clinical Characteristics of Different Sites of Infection. PG - 1485-1497 LID - 10.2147/IDR.S401998 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Since community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) was recognized, the molecular epidemiology of CA-MRSA in China has been diverse. It is unclear whether different sites of CA-MRSA infection differ in antimicrobial resistance and clinical characteristics. The purpose of this study was to identify the molecular types, virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance of CA-MRSA strains and to analyze the clinical characteristics of different sites of CA-MRSA infection. METHODS: 26 CA-MRSA strains were screened from Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital from 2014 to 2022. SCCmec type, MLST type, spa type, Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), hemolysin alpha (Hla), phenolic soluble regulatory protein alpha (PSMalpha), toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1), and enterotoxin (SE) A to E were detected by PCR and gene sequencing. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests and the clinical features of CA-MRSA infection cases were collected for statistical analysis. RESULTS: The predominant type of CA-MRSA was ST59-t437-IV. New non-epidemic types, SCCmec VII, were also found. PVL was seen in 65.4% of CA-MRSA strains and TSST-1 was only be detected in 3.8% of CA-MRSA strain which caused poor prognosis. There were three types of infections: pneumonia (61.5%), infective endocarditis (7.7%), and skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) (30.8%). CA-MRSA pneumonia cases were secondary to influenza infection (37.5%). Patients with CA-MRSA-associated infective endocarditis were more likely to have underlying cardiac diseases. Patients with CA-MRSA-associated SSTIs were more likely to have a history of diabetes mellitus, and strains in this group were more susceptible to erythromycin and clindamycin. CONCLUSION: ST59-t437-IV was the primary CA-MRSA type in our research and in China. We proposed that TSST-1 might be one of the indicators to predict the severity and prognosis of CA-MRSA infection. Different sites of CA-MRSA infection had difference in antibiotics susceptibility testing and underlying diseases of patients. It could provide a new perspective on treating different types of CA-MRSA infection. CI - (c) 2023 Zhong et al. FAU - Zhong, Jingjing AU - Zhong J AD - Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wei, Ming AU - Wei M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4035-5060 AD - Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yang, Chunxia AU - Yang C AD - Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yin, Yudong AU - Yin Y AD - Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China. FAU - Bai, Yu AU - Bai Y AD - Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China. FAU - Li, Ran AU - Li R AD - Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China. FAU - Gu, Li AU - Gu L AD - Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine and Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230315 PL - New Zealand TA - Infect Drug Resist JT - Infection and drug resistance JID - 101550216 PMC - PMC10024868 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Panton-Valentine leukocidin OT - antibiotic resistance OT - community, acquired methicillin, resistant Staphylococcus aureus OT - pneumonia OT - staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec type COIS- The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. EDAT- 2023/03/23 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/23 06:01 PMCR- 2023/03/15 CRDT- 2023/03/22 01:59 PHST- 2022/12/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/02/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/03/22 01:59 [entrez] PHST- 2023/03/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/23 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 401998 [pii] AID - 10.2147/IDR.S401998 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Infect Drug Resist. 2023 Mar 15;16:1485-1497. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S401998. eCollection 2023.