Environmental Staphylococcus aureus contamination in a Tunisian hospital

  1. Gharsa, H. 2
  2. Dziri, R. 2
  3. Klibi, N. 2
  4. Chairat, S. 2
  5. Lozano, C. 1
  6. Torres, C. 1
  7. Bellaaj, R. 3
  8. Slama, K.B. 22
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  2. 2 Université de Tunis El Manar
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    Université de Tunis El Manar

    Túnez, Túnez

    ROR https://ror.org/029cgt552

  3. 3 Military Hospital of Tunis
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    Military Hospital of Tunis

    Túnez, Túnez

    ROR https://ror.org/04n4f3r80

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Revue:
Journal of Chemotherapy

ISSN: 1120-009X

Année de publication: 2016

Volumen: 28

Número: 6

Pages: 506-4509

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1179/1973947815Y.0000000036 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84979582987 WoS: WOS:000392934300009 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

D'autres publications dans: Journal of Chemotherapy

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Resistencia bacteriana a antimicrobianos en ambiente y fauna salvaje. Mecanismos de resistencia y líneas genéticas emergentes e implicaciones en salud humana

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Résumé

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.