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High virulence rabbit Staphylococcus aureus strains cause chronic and spreading problems of mastitis, pododermatitis and subcutaneous abscesses on rabbit flock level, whereas infections with low virulence strains are limited to individual rabbits. In the present report, 13 high virulence rabbit S. aureus strains, selected out of a large collection of strains isolated in five European countries between 1983 and 2004, were genotyped using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, spa typing, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and accessory gene regulator (agr) group typing. Two low virulence rabbit S. aureus strains were also included in the study. The results indicate the clonal origin of high virulence rabbit S. aureus strains present in Europe. Furthermore, the results of MLST and spa typing form a basis for international epidemiology of rabbit S. aureus strains, as these DNA sequence-based typing techniques can easily be used for intercentre comparisons.  相似文献   

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RAPD typing revealed the presence of a nucleotide band in typical high virulence rabbit Staphylococcus aureus strains which was absent in low virulence strains and in an atypical high virulence strain. The nucleotide sequence of this band was determined. Primers within this sequence were developed and PCR products of eight typical high virulence, one atypical high virulence and nine low virulence rabbit S. aureus strains were sequenced. All low virulence strains and the atypical high virulence strain revealed a constant difference with the typical high virulence strains for nucleotide 377 of the 1055bp sequence. The eight typical high virulence strains possessed a guanine base on this site, while the other strains tested showed an adenine base. These findings support the hypothesis on the clonal origin of typical high virulence rabbit S. aureus strains. After comparison with databases, two open reading frames (ORF) were identified within the sequence, which appeared to encode two structural ribosomal proteins. The single nucleotide mutation does not affect the amino acid sequence of the protein it encodes for.  相似文献   

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At rabbit flock level, two types of Staphylococcus aureus infections can be distinguished. In the first type, caused by low virulence strains, the infection remains limited to a small number of animals. The second type of infection is caused by the high virulence strains, which spread throughout the rabbitry. The pathogenetic capacity of a particular S. aureus strain is attributed to a combination of extracellular factors and invasive properties such as adherence and biofilm formation. Twenty eight high virulence and 34 low virulence S. aureus isolates recovered from rabbits between 1998 and 2003 were used to study slime production on Congo red Agar (CRA) and prevalence of bap, icaA and icaD associated with biofilm formation. Furthermore these strains were screened for the presence of bbp, clfA, clfB, cna, ebpS, eno, fnbA, fnbB and fib encoding microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules (MSCRAMMs). The presence of icaA and icaD was not correlated with slime production on CRA. Bap was absent in all strains. All rabbit S. aureus strains harboured clfA and clfB. The prevalences of ebpS, eno, fnbA and fib did not reveal striking differences between high and low virulence strains. FnbB prevalence in high virulence isolates was lower than in low virulence isolates and cna was absent in high virulence strains. It was remarkable that only high virulence strains were positive for bbp. Further research is necessary to elucidate the significance of bbp in the pathogenesis of high virulence strains.  相似文献   

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Staphylococcus aureus is an important cause of pododermatitis, subcutaneous abscesses and mastitis in rabbits. On rabbitry level, two types of S. aureus infections can be distinguished. In the first type, caused by low virulence strains, the infection affects only a small number of animals. The second type of infection is caused by high virulence strains and spreads throughout the rabbit flock. The pathogenic capacity of a particular S. aureus strain is attributed to a combination of invasive properties and extracellular factors such as toxin production. Therefore, 22 high virulence and 37 low virulence S. aureus isolates were compared regarding the prevalence of genes encoding exfoliative toxins, leucotoxins and superantigens. This study revealed a clearly significant difference between HV and LV rabbit S. aureus strains. All typical HV isolates were positive for the egc cluster, containing the enterotoxin(like) genes seg, sei, selm, seln, selo and selu, whereas these genes were not detected in any of the LV isolates. Further research is necessary to clarify the importance of the egc cluster in the pathogenesis of infections with high virulence S. aureus strains in rabbits.  相似文献   

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Western blot analysis was performed from the culture supernatant of 59 rabbit Staphylococcus aureus strains, classified as high and low virulence strains according to their epidemiological behaviour in commercial rabbitries, bio-, phage- and RAPD-type. Fourteen extracellular antigen bands (A-N) were recognised using sera of rabbits immunised with washed, viable high virulence S. aureus bacteria. Eleven of these bands were found in high virulence as well as in low virulence strains. The band A, approximately 78 kDa, was not seen in any of the 27 high virulence strains, except for one strain which was also typical in other aspects, was detected in all, but one of the low virulence strains. The M and N bands with molecular masses of approximately 29 and 27 kDa, respectively, were recognised in all high virulence strains except for the atypical strain, but in none of the low virulence strains. This indicates that the latter two antigens may be virulence-associated markers for S. aureus strains from rabbits.  相似文献   

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In the present study, an in vivo rabbit skin infection model was developed to reproduce the lesions caused by high and low virulence Staphylococcus aureus strains from rabbits. "O"-shaped dermal skin lesions were induced on the shaved flanks of anaesthetised rabbits using a tattoo pin and pincers. The induced lesions on the flanks of four groups of 10 rabbits were then inoculated by topical application of 0.1 ml of 10(8)cfu S. aureus bacteria. One group was inoculated with a typical high virulence (HV) S. aureus strain from rabbits, one group received an atypical HV strain and two groups were inoculated with low virulence (LV) strains. Five animals were kept as negative controls. The development, appearance and size of abscesses were scored daily for a period of 2 weeks. The infection model showed reproducible results for the different S. aureus inoculation groups. Inoculation of the skin with the typical HV strain resulted in significantly larger abscesses than those caused by the LV strains. The atypical HV strain caused abscesses of a size intermediate to that obtained with the HV and LV strains. In rabbits infected with LV strains, most of the lesions had healed by day 14 post-inoculation. The devised infection model is able to reliably reproduce the virulence properties of HV and LV S. aureus strains.  相似文献   

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根据GenBank已发表的猪葡萄球菌的6种脱落毒素基因序列,设计合成了6对相应的特异性引物,通过特异性、敏感性和重复性试验建立了可行的多重PCR检测方法。用该方法对临床分离到的9株猪葡萄球菌进行检测,均扩增出了与预期大小相符的23SrDNA(662bp)条带;同时,其中6株分别扩增出了EXHA(316bp,2株)、EXHC(525bp,2株)和Shet-A(814bp,2株)基因特异性条带;另外3株均未扩增出任何毒素基因特异性条带,鉴定为无毒力菌株,以上结果与生化鉴定及单一PCR检测测序结果一致。结果表明,本试验所建立的多重PCR方法不仅操作快速方便、节约试验成本,而且具有高度特异性、敏感性和良好的重复性,可用于仔猪渗出性皮炎的诊断和猪葡萄球菌的快速鉴定。  相似文献   

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Based on our clinical experience on bovine mastitis, we hypothesized that subtypes of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) exist which differ in their contagious and pathogenic properties. In order to investigate this hypothesis, we analyzed strains of S. aureus isolated from spontaneous intramammary infection (IMI) with their virulence gene patterns and genotypes obtained by PCR amplification of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer (RS-PCR). The genotypes were then associated with epidemiological and clinical data including 26 herds. The results demonstrated a high association between genotypes and virulence gene patterns as well as between epidemiological and pathogenic properties of S. aureus. In particular, genotype B was related to high contagiosity and increased pathogenicity whereas the other types (C, OG) were found with infection of single cows. Because of the high clinical relevance, our results indicate the need to subtype the IMI-associated strains of S. aureus in the future.  相似文献   

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Staphylococcus aureus is recognized worldwide as a pathogen causing many serious diseases in humans and animals, and is the most common aetiological agent of clinical and subclinical bovine mastitis. The importance of evaluating the combination of S. aureus virulence factors has been emphasized both in human and veterinary medicine, and knowledge about the genetic variability within different S. aureus populations would help in the design of efficient treatments. The aim of the present study was to determine the genetic profiles of S. aureus strains isolated from milk of cows suffering from clinical and subclinical mastitis in Belgium. The presence of about forty virulence-associated genes was investigated by specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. A high number of genotypic subtypes were observed, demonstrating further the large variation in the presence of virulence genes in S. aureus isolates and the considerable diversity of strains populations that are able to cause mastitis in cows. In accordance with other studies, we showed that some genes are associated with mastitis-causing S. aureus isolates, whereas others are absent or rarely present. We also further highlighted the presence of conserved gene combinations, namely the enterotoxigenic egc-cluster and the bovine pathogenicity island SaPIbov. Importantly, the presence of isolates carrying genes coding for toxins involved in important human infections makes the milk of cows with mastitis a potential reservoir for these toxins, and therefore a potential danger in human health, which strengthens the importance to consider raw milk consumption and its processing very carefully.  相似文献   

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多重PCR快速检测奶牛乳房炎3种主要病原体   总被引:10,自引:0,他引:10  
奶牛乳房炎是引起奶牛业经济损失的一种重要疫病,目前还没有快速、特异检测奶牛乳房炎主要致病原的方法。本试验根据金黄色葡萄球菌、无乳链球菌、大肠杆菌各自保守的16S或23S rRNA基因序列,合成了3对特异性引物,建立了三重PCR检测方法。特异性试验表明,该方法对所有参与测试的金黄色葡萄球菌、无乳链球菌和大肠杆菌都能扩增出各自的阳性条带,而对所有参与测试的对照菌株则不能扩增出任何条带。敏感性试验表明该方法能检测到4个菌的金黄色葡萄球菌、无乳链球菌和2个菌的大肠杆菌。对送检的乳房炎奶样36份直接进行PCR检测,金黄色葡萄球菌阳性7份,无乳链球菌阳性2份,大肠杆菌阳性6份。  相似文献   

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猪链球菌2型多重PCR检测方法的建立及应用   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
设计3对引物,分别扩增链球菌属特异性gdh、猪链球菌种特异性16S rRNA和猪链球菌2型特异性cps2J等基因,目的片段大小分别为725bp、523bp和387bp。利用合成的3对引物并通过对反应条件与反应体系的优化建立了多重PCR。应用该多重PCR检测了分离到的链球菌1105株,检出猪链球菌667株,猪链球菌2型33株。研究结果表明,该方法特异性高、敏感性强,可广泛应用于猪链球菌病的快速诊断及流行病学调查。  相似文献   

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作者针对临床及亚临床乳房炎奶牛乳汁中金黄色葡萄球菌分离株的毒素基因进行检测和脉冲场凝胶电泳(PFGE)基因分型,比较2种类型乳房炎金黄色葡萄球菌分离株的差异.无菌法采集奶样,采用国际标准方法从中分离金黄色葡萄球菌,用多重PCR方法扩增nuc基因和mecA基因以确证金黄色葡萄球菌(SA)和耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌(MRSA).进一步用PCR方法检测SA的各种毒素基因(SEs、ETs、TSST 1和PVL基因等).利用限制性内切酶Sma Ⅰ对SA基因组DNA进行酶切和PFGE分析,最后利用BioNumerics软件进行聚类分析.结果:19.3%(23/119)的临床乳房炎奶样和14.8%(26/176)的亚临床乳房炎奶样确定为金黄色葡萄球菌阳性样品,分别从中分离鉴定出43株和26株金黄色葡萄球菌,其中临床乳房炎分离株中有5株为mecA基因阳性.临床乳房炎奶牛奶样中检测到SA的SEA、SEB、SED、SEJ和PVL毒素基因,检出率分别为3.8%(1株)、11.5%(3株)、19.2%(5株)、7.7%(2株)和31.2%(10株);亚临床乳房炎奶牛乳样中仅检测到SA的SEA和PVL毒力基因,检出率分别为7.0%(3株)和84.1%(37株).表明临床与亚临床乳房炎奶牛乳汁中SA菌株携带的毒素基因不一样,SEs可能是临床乳房炎菌株的重要致病基因,PVL可能是亚临床乳房炎菌株的重要致病基因.69株SA使用Sma Ⅰ酶切分型后,可分为7个大簇、50个基因型,来源相同的SA分型后大部分位于同一簇内.临床乳房炎奶牛乳汁中检测到MRSA菌株,PVL基因在亚临床乳房炎中的检出率为临床乳房炎的2.7倍.PFGE方法能较好的区分临床乳房炎和亚临床乳房炎的SA分离菌株.  相似文献   

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Enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus in raw milk poses a potential health hazard to consumers, and the identification of such strains should be used as part of a risk analysis of milk and milk products. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the occurrence of enterotoxigenic S. aureus strains in raw milk supplied for dairy processing in the Czech Republic. A further aim was to compare the production of staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) with the presence of the corresponding genes. This was undertaken using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reversed passive latex agglutination (RPLA). Out of 440 bulk tank milk samples from 298 dairy herds, 70 proved positive for S. aureus (15.9%). Staphylococcal enterotoxin genes (ses) were detected in 39 (55.7%) isolates. The genes most commonly detected were sei (38.6%), seg (31.4%) and sea (27.1%). Genes seb, seh, sed, sej and sec were observed in 10%, 4.3%, 2.9%, 2.9% and 1.4% of strains respectively. Genes see and sel did not occur. The most frequently detected genotypes were seg, sei at 11.4%; sea at 10.0%; and sea, seg, sei at 8.6%. Toxin production was observed in nine (12.9%) S. aureus isolates. Seven strains were detected as SEB- (10%) and two as SED- (2.9%) producing. A relatively high number (32%) of discrepancies between the results with multiplex PCR and RPLA assays was obtained, particularly on account of SEA. Nineteen strains were sea positive by PCR but SEA negative by RPLA, and one strain was sec positive and SEC negative. The results of both methods were identical concerning SEB and SED. It was concluded that detection of ses by PCR was a useful additional tool to support identification of enterotoxigenic strains.  相似文献   

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本研究旨在了解甘肃地区奶牛乳房炎金黄色葡萄球菌的耐药性和耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌的感染情况,为奶牛乳房炎的防制提供理论依据。采用KB纸片扩散法,检测17株金黄色葡萄球菌对8种不同抗菌药物的敏感性;再用琼脂稀释法检测了苯唑西林、万古霉素对金黄色葡萄球菌的最小抑菌浓度(MICs);头孢西丁纸片扩散法和PCR扩增特异性mecA耐药基因对所有受试菌株进行全面的耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌检测。结果表明,菌株对青霉素、磺胺异恶唑具有较强抗性,而对环丙沙星、头孢唑啉、万古霉素和苯唑西林全敏感;头孢西丁纸片扩散法未能检测出表型为MRSA的阳性菌株,而PCR方法却检测出8株mecA基因阳性菌株,且这些菌株的苯唑西林MIC均小于2 μg/mL。菌株的耐药情况较严重,对甲氧西林敏感而携带mecA基因的菌株高频存在于被调查地区的奶牛场中。  相似文献   

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Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) typing was performed on 53 rabbit Staphylococcus aureus strains. Twenty-three strains isolated in 13 different rabbitries with chronic problems of staphylococcosis, showed the same RAPD banding pattern. Twenty of these strains belonged to the 'mixed CV-C' biotype and to the phage-type 3A/3C/55/71, previously described to be highly virulent in rabbits, and three strains belonged to other biotypes or phage-types. None of the strains isolated from rabbitries without chronic problems of staphylococcosis showed this specific RAPD pattern. RAPD analysis can be used as a rapid and reliable test method to differentiate between the characteristic genotype corresponding to high virulence and other S. aureus strains from rabbits. This is useful for the diagnosis and prevention of the introduction of these highly virulent strains in industrial rabbitries.  相似文献   

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Gallibacterium was recently established as a new genus including organisms previously reported as Pasteurella anatis, [Actinobacillus] salpingitidis and avian Pasteurella haemolytica-like organisms. The aim of the present study was to develop a PCR method allowing unambiguous identification of Gallibacterium. PCR primers positioned in the 16S rRNA (1133fgal) and 23S rRNA (114r) genes were defined and their specificity was subsequently tested on 122 strains. Twenty-five of the strains represented all of the presently available 15 phenotypic variants of Gallibacterium from different geographical locations, 22 other strains represented other poultry associated bacterial species or bacteria which could pose a differential diagnostic problem including members of the families Pasteurellaceae, Enterobacteriaceae and Flavobacteriaceae, and finally 75 Gallibacterium field strains isolated from Mexican chicken egg-layers. Specific amplicons were generated in all 100 Gallibacterium strains tested, whereas none of the non-Gallibacterium strains tested positive. Correct identification was confirmed by hybridization with the Gallibacterium specific probe GAN850. Two internal amplification control strategies were successfully incorporated into the PCR assay, one based on amplification of the house-keeping gene rpoB (sharing target DNA) and another based on addition of trout DNA (foreign target DNA) and amplification with beta-actin specific primers. In conclusion, the described PCR assay enables specific identification of Gallibacterium and will thus stand as a strong alternative to the present diagnostic methods.  相似文献   

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate sensitivity and specificity of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for simultaneous detection of Rhodococcus equi and differentiation of strains that contain the virulence-associated gene (vapA) from strains that do not. SAMPLE POPULATION: 187 isolates of R equi from equine and nonequine tissue and environmental specimens and 27 isolates of bacterial species genetically or morphologically similar to R equi. PROCEDURE: The multiplex PCR assay included 3 gene targets: a universal 311-bp bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA amplicon (positive internal control), a 959-bp R equi-specific target in the cholesterol oxidase gene (choE), and a 564-bp amplicon of the vapA gene. Duplicate multiplex PCR assays for these targets and confirmatory singleplex PCR assays for vapA and choE were performed for each R equi isolate. An additional PCR assay was used to examine isolates for the vapB gene. RESULTS: Results of duplicate multiplex and singleplex PCR assays were correlated in all instances, revealing high specificity and reliability (reproducibility) of the vapA multiplex assay. Of the pulmonary isolates from horses with suspected R equi pneumonia, 97.4% (76/78) yielded positive results for vapA. Seven of 50 (14%) human isolates of R equi yielded positive results for vapA. Six human R equi isolates and 1 porcine isolate yielded positive results for vapB. No isolates with vapA and vapB genes were detected. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The multiplex PCR assay is a sensitive and specific method for simultaneous confirmation of species identity and detection of the vapA gene. The assay appeared to be a useful tool for microbiologic and epidemiologic diagnosis and research.  相似文献   

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本研究以致泻性大肠杆菌(DEC)的4种毒力因子EAST1、LT、STa和STb为模板设计特异性引物并优化各项反应条件,以建立仔猪DEC的多重PCR检测方法.该方法具有较好的特异性,只对DEC产生特异性条带,对非DEC及其他病菌则呈阴性.利用所建立的多重PCR方法对吉林省各猪场采集的样本进行检测,结果表明,在测定的猪场中...  相似文献   

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The aim of this work was to determine the contamination of raw poultry meat with enterotoxigenic strains of S. aureus, using the PCR method. PCR is a rapid and sensitive method, which can show the presence in food of enterotoxigenic strains of S. aureus on the basis of specific gene sequences and detect the potential source of contamination before enterotoxins are produced. No coagulase-positive staphylococci strains were found in 65 samples of chicken parts, but these bacteria were present in 11 of 23 examined samples of minced turkey meat (48%). Using the primers for enterotoxin genes A to C, 4 of the 11 isolated S. aureus strains showed a positive result in the PCR. Three of the isolates represented the SEB gene and remaining one the SEC gene. The results obtained showed that PCR is sensitive and rapid method which may be used for detection and identification of enterotoxigenic S. aureus.  相似文献   

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The development of a PCR assay based on the 16S ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) sequence was carried out for the identification of Staphylococcus intermedius. Sixty-six strains of S. intermedius, 70 of Staphylococcus aureus and 2 of Staphylococcus hyicus were examined for the assay. The 16S rDNA, of which the PCR target fragment makes up 901 bp corresponding to the sequence data of the gene, was detected in all strains of S. intermedius, but it was not detected in any strains of either S. aureus or S. hyicus. These results suggest that the PCR allows a simple and precise identification of S. intermedius.  相似文献   

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