Environmental Staphylococcus aureus contamination in a Tunisian hospital
- Gharsa, H. 2
- Dziri, R. 2
- Klibi, N. 2
- Chairat, S. 2
- Lozano, C. 1
- Torres, C. 1
- Bellaaj, R. 3
- Slama, K.B. 22
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Universidad de La Rioja
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Université de Tunis El Manar
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Military Hospital of Tunis
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ISSN: 1120-009X
Argitalpen urtea: 2016
Alea: 28
Zenbakia: 6
Orrialdeak: 506-4509
Mota: Artikulua
Beste argitalpen batzuk: Journal of Chemotherapy
Lotura duten proiektuak
Laburpena
One hundred hospital environment samples were obtained in 2012 in a Tunisian hospital and tested for Staphylococcus aureus recovery. Antimicrobial resistance profile and virulence gene content were determined. Multilocus-sequence-typing (MLST), spa-typing, agr-typing and SmaI-pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) were performed. Two methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates typed as: ST247-t052-SCCmecI-agrI were recovered from the intensive care unit (ICU). Ten samples contained methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) and these samples were collected in different services, highlighting the presence of the tst gene encoding the toxic shock syndrome toxin as well as the lukED, hla, hlb, hld and hlgv virulence genes in some of the isolates. In conclusion, we have shown that the hospital environment could be a reservoir contributing to dissemination of virulent S. aureus and MRSA.