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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Epidemiology of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus lineages in five major African towns: High prevalence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Volume 17, No. 4, Year 2011
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The epidemiology of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) in Africa is poorly documented. From January 2007 to March 2008, 555 S. aureus isolates were collected from five African towns in Cameroon, Madagascar, Morocco, Niger, and Senegal; among these, 456 unique isolates were susceptible to methicillin. Approximately 50% of the MSSA isolates from each different participating centre were randomly selected for further molecular analysis. Of the 228 isolates investigated, 132 (58%) belonged to five major multilocus sequence typing (MLST) clonal complexes (CCs) (CC1, CC15, CC30, CC121 and CC152) that were not related to any successful methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) clones previously identified in the same study population. The luk-PV genes encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), present in 130 isolates overall (57%), were highly prevalent in isolates from Cameroon, Niger, and Senegal (West and Central Africa). This finding is of major concern, with regard to both a source of severe infections and a potential reservoir for PVL genes. This overrepresentation of PVL in MSSA could lead to the emergence and spread of successful, highly virulent PVL-positive MRSA clones, a phenomenon that has already started in Africa. © 2010 The Authors. Clinical Microbiology and Infection © 2010 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Authors & Co-Authors
Breurec, Sébastien
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Fall, Cheikh Alassane
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Pouillot, R.
Cameroon, Yaounde
Centre Pasteur du Cameroun
Boisier, Pascal
Niger, Niamey
Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey
Brisse, Sylvain
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Diène-Sarr, Fatoumata
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Djibo, Saacou
Niger, Niamey
Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey
Étienne, Jérôme
France, Lyon
Université de Lyon
Fonkoua, Marie Christine
Cameroon, Yaounde
Centre Pasteur du Cameroun
Perrier-Gros-Claude, Jean David
Morocco, Casablanca
Institut Pasteur du Maroc
Ramarokoto, Charles Emile
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Randrianirina, Frédérique
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
Thiberge, Jean Michel
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Zriouil, Sanaa Bouhali
Morocco, Casablanca
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Rochd
Morocco, Casablanca
Hassan Ii University of Casablanca
Garin, Benoît
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Laurent, Frédéric J.
France, Lyon
Université de Lyon
Statistics
Citations: 129
Authors: 16
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03320.x
ISSN:
1198743X
e-ISSN:
14690691
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Cameroon
Madagascar
Morocco
Niger
Senegal