Two highly divergent lineages of exfoliative toxin B-encoding plasmids revealed in impetigo strains of Staphylococcus aureus

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Authors

BOTKA Tibor RŮŽIČKOVÁ Vladislava SVOBODOVÁ Karla PANTŮČEK Roman PETRÁŠ Petr ČEJKOVÁ Darina DOŠKAŘ Jiří

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source International Journal of Medical Microbiology
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1438422117301157
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmm.2017.05.005
Field Microbiology, virology
Keywords Staphylococcus aureus; Exfoliative toxin B; ETB plasmids; Bullous impetigo; Phylogeny
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Description Exfoliative toxin B (ETB) encoded by some large plasmids plays a crucial role in epidermolytic diseases caused by Staphylococcus aureus. We have found as yet unknown types of etb gene-positive plasmids isolated from a set of impetigo strains implicated in outbreaks of pemphigus neonatorum in Czech maternity hospitals. Plasmids from the strains of clonal complex CC121 were related to archetypal plasmid pETBTY4. Sharing a 33-kb core sequence including virulence genes for ETB, EDIN C, and lantibiotics, they were assigned to a stand-alone lineage, named pETBTY4-based plasmids. Differing from each other in the content of variable DNA regions, they formed four sequence types. In addition to them, a novel unique plasmid pETB608 isolated from a strain of ST130 was described. Carrying conjugative cluster genes, as well as new variants of etb and edinA genes, pETB608 could be regarded as a source of a new lineage of ETB plasmids. We have designed a helpful detection assay, which facilitates the precise identification of the all described types of ETB plasmids.
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