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:: Volume 11, Issue 3 (6-2024) ::
2024, 11(3): 35-45 Back to browse issues page
Spa typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical samples of hospitalized patients, a study in the Wasit province of Iraq
Karar Alhakeem , Mostafa Nemati , Fazel Pourahmad , Hussam Sami Alshimry
Associate Prof., Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Ilam University, Ilam-Iran , m.nemati@ilam.ac.ir
Abstract:   (78 Views)
Introduction: Since its discovery in 1961, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been recognized as a significant healthcare-associated pathogen (HA-MRSA) and a notorious 'superbug'. Typing is crucial for surveillance, epidemiology analysis, infection control of MRSA and sequencing of the spa gene is one of the most common methods used for determining the origin of this bacterium in humans and animals. This research aimed to determine the antibiotic resistance and spa type of S. aureus strains collected from outpatients in two hospitals in the Wasit province of Iraq.
Material & Methods: The study analyzed 200 outpatient MRSA isolates by collecting nasal and sputum samples from patients. Standard biochemical and molecular methods based on the nuc gene were used to identify S. aureus bacteria and amplify the mecA and spa genes. The Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method was employed to determine the antibiotic sensitivity of the isolates using penicillin, cefoxitin, vancomycin, gentamicin, erythromycin, tetracycline, imipenem, clindamycin, chloramphenicol and rifampicin.
Results: Thirty-five (17.5%) out of 200 isolates were identified as S. aureus by biochemical and molecular methods. The prevalence of MRSA was more common in women than in men. Antibiogram results showed that most of the isolates were resistant to penicillin (94.2%) and sensitive to imipenem (100%), clindamycin (100%), and chloramphenicol (100%). Of these 35 isolates, 30 (87.5%) and 26 strains (74.3%) were positive for the mecA and spa genes. Typing based on spa gene sequencing revealed four different patterns: t386, t3579, t10002 and t10234.
Conclusion:  Variations in the spa gene among different S. aureus isolates may be of clinical importance when treating staphylococcal infections. In this study, spa typing revealed four different patterns in Iraq, representing diagnostic and therapeutic implications
Keywords: : Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, PCR, mecA, spa typing
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Clinical microbiology
Received: 2024/02/13 | Accepted: 2024/05/21 | Published: 2024/06/21
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76. Ba X, Harrison EM, Edwards GF, Holden MT, Larsen AR, Petersen A, Skov RL, Peacock SJ, Parkhill J, Paterson GK, Holmes MA. Novel mutations in penicillin-binding protein genes in clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates that are methicillin resistant on susceptibility testing, but lack the mec gene. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014;69(3):594-7. [DOI:10.1093/jac/dkt418.]
77. Keener AB, Thurlow LT, Kang S, Spidale NA, Clarke SH, Cunnion KM, Tisch R, Richardson AR, Vilen BJ. Staphylococcus aureus protein A disrupts immunity mediated by long-lived plasma cells. J Immunol. 2017 1;198(3):1263-73. [DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.1600093.]
78. Tahoun A, Elnafarawy HK, El-Sharkawy H, Rizk AM, Alorabi M, El-Shehawi AM, Youssef MA, Ibrahim HM, El-Khodery S. The prevalence and molecular biology of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from healthy and diseased equine eyes in Egypt. Antibiotics. 2022;10;11(2):221. [DOI:10.3390/antibiotics11020221.]
79. Shakeri F, Shojai A, Golalipour M, Rahimi Alang S, Vaez H, Ghaemi EA. Spa Diversity among MRSA and MSSA Strains of Staphylococcus aureus in North of Iran. Int J Microbiol. 2010; 2010:1-5. [DOI:10.1155/2010/351397.]
80. Al-Kadmy IM. A genetic study to differential HC/AC MRSA isolated from clinical cases in Iraq hospitals. Mintage J Pharm Med Sci. 2013; 2:57-62.
81. Craft KM, Nguyen JM, Berg LJ, Townsend SD. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): antibiotic-resistance and the biofilm phenotype. Med Chem Comm. 2019;10(8):1231-41. [DOI:10.1039/C9MD00044E.]
82. Kareem SM, Aljubori SS, Ali MR. Novel determination of spa gene diversity and its molecular typing among Staphylococcus aureus Iraqi isolates obtained from different clinical samples. New Microbes New Infect. 2020; 34:100653. [DOI:10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100653.]
83. Adwan G, Shaheen H, Adwan K, Barakat A. Molecular characterization of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from hospitals environments and patients in Northern Palestine. Epidemiol Biostat Public Health. 2015;12(3). [DOI:10.2427/11183.]
84. Aqel AA, Alzoubi HM, Vickers A, Pichon B, Kearns AM. Molecular epidemiology of nasal isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Jordan. J Infect Public Health. 2015;8(1):90-7. [DOI:10.1016/j.jiph.2014.05.007.]
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Alhakeem K, Nemati M, Pourahmad F, Sami Alshimry H. Spa typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical samples of hospitalized patients, a study in the Wasit province of Iraq. Journal of Basic Research in Medical Sciences 2024; 11 (3) :35-45
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