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Genomic relatedness of Staphylococcus pettenkoferi isolates of different origins
Örebro University, School of Medical Sciences. Centre for Clinical Research, Hospital of Västmanland Västerås, Västerås, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2867-1044
Örebro University, School of Medical Sciences. Örebro University Hospital. Department of Laboratory Medicine.
Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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2017 (English)In: Journal of Medical Microbiology, ISSN 0022-2615, E-ISSN 1473-5644, Vol. 66, no 5, p. 601-608Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose: The aim of the study was to characterize clinical and environmental Staphylococcus pettenkoferi isolates with regard to genomic diversity and antibiotic susceptibility pattern. Repetitive-sequence-based PCR and core genome phylogenetic analysis of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data verified the presence of distinct clades comprising closely related S. pettenkoferi isolates from different geographical locations and origins.

Methodology: Phylogenetic relationships between 25 S. pettenkoferi isolates collected from blood cultures and intra-operative air sampling were determined by repetitive-sequence-based PCR typing and analysis of similar to 157 000 SNPs identified in the core genome after WGS. Antibiotic susceptibility testing and tests for biofilm production (microtitre plate assay) were performed.

Results: Repetitive-sequence-based PCR as well as WGS data demonstrated the close relatedness of clinically significant blood culture isolates to probable contaminants, as well as to environmental isolates. Antibiotic-susceptibility testing demonstrated a low level of antimicrobial resistance. The mecA gene was present in two cefoxitin-resistant isolates. No isolates were found to produce biofilm.

Conclusion: Close genomic relatedness of S. pettenkoferi isolates from different geographical locations and origins were found within clades, but with substantial genomic difference between the two major clades. The ecological niche of S. pettenkoferi remains unconfirmed, but the presence of S. pettenkoferi in the air of the operating field favours the suggestion of a role in skin flora. Identification of S. pettenkoferi in clinical samples should, in a majority of cases, most likely be regarded as a probable contamination, and its role as a possible pathogen in immunocompromised hosts remains to be clarified.

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Microbiology Society , 2017. Vol. 66, no 5, p. 601-608
Keywords [en]
Staphylococcus pettenkoferi, genotypic relatedness, repetitive-sequence based PCR typing, whole-genome sequencing
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Microbiology in the medical area
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-58000DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000472ISI: 000401984900007PubMedID: 28530888Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85019900525OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-58000DiVA, id: diva2:1108811
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Funding Agencies:

Örebro County Council Research Committee, Örebro, Sweden

Centre for Clinical Research, Västerås  

County Council of Västmanland Research Fund 

Available from: 2017-06-13 Created: 2017-06-13 Last updated: 2020-12-01Bibliographically approved
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1. Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus epidermidis in prosthetic joint infections
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus epidermidis in prosthetic joint infections
2019 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
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Staphylococcus epidermidis is ubiquitous in the human microbiota, but also an important pathogen in healthcare-associated infections, such as prosthetic joint infections (PJIs). In this thesis, aspects of the molecular epidemiology of S. epidermidis in PJIs were investigated with the aim of improving our understanding of the pre- and perioperative measures required to reduce the incidence of S. epidermidis PJIs.

In Paper I, S. epidermidis retrieved from air sampling in the operating field during arthroplasty was characterized by multilocus sequence typing and antibiotic susceptibility testing. No isolates belonging to sequence types (STs) 2 and 215, previously associated with PJIs, were found in the air of the operating field. During air sampling, several Staphylococcus pettenkoferi isolates were identified, and as a spin-off of Paper I, the genomic relatedness of these isolates to S. pettenkoferi isolates from blood cultures was described in Paper II.

In Paper III, genetic traits distinguishing S. epidermidis isolated from PJIs were determined using genome-wide association study accounting for population effects after whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of a population- based 10-year collection of S. epidermidis isolates from PJIs and of nasal isolates retrieved from patients scheduled for arthroplasty. Genes associated with antimicrobial agents used for prophylaxis in arthroplasty, i.e., beta-lactam antibiotics, aminoglycosides, and chlorhexidine, were associated with PJI origin. S. epidermidis from PJIs were dominated by the ST2a, ST2b, ST5, and ST215 lineages.

In Paper IV, selective agar plates were used to investigate colonization with methicillin resistant S. epidermidis (MRSE) in patients scheduled for arthroplasty. MRSE were further characterized by WGS. A subset of patients was found to harbour PJI-associated S. epidermidis lineages in their microbiota before hospitalization, but no isolates belonging to the ST2a lineage nor any rifampicin-resistant isolates were retrieved.

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Örebro: Örebro University, 2019. p. 137
Series
Örebro Studies in Medicine, ISSN 1652-4063 ; 203
Keywords
Staphylococcus epidermidis, molecular epidemiology, prosthetic joint infections, whole genome sequencing, Staphylococcus pettenkoferi
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General Practice Infectious Medicine
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urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-76142 (URN)978-91-7529-309-7 (ISBN)
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2019-12-06, Örebro universitet, Campus USÖ, hörsal C1, Södra Grev Rosengatan 32, Örebro, 09:00 (English)
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Available from: 2019-09-06 Created: 2019-09-06 Last updated: 2019-11-12Bibliographically approved

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