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Objectives: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a serious epidemiologic problem worldwide. In this study, we aimed to investigate recently isolated MRSA types and determine their characteristics.
Methods: We collected 164 strains isolated from 13 hospitals located in Tokyo and surrounding prefectures. In addition to drug resistance tests, we sequenced whole genomes of the prevalent MRSA clones and analysed their genomic characteristics, such as drug resistance genes, virulence factor genes, and genome arrangements.
Results: Multilocus sequencing typing showed that 51% of the SCCmecⅣ MRSA isolates belonged to clonal complex 1 (CC1). Staphylococcus protein A gene (spa) typing showed that 91% of these CC1 isolates could be categorised as t1784 type. These CC1/t1784 isolates possessed genes encoding erythromycin resistance protein, spectinomycin 9-adenylyltransferase, and staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEA, SEI, SEM), but not the pvl gene encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin. Complete genomic analysis of nine CC1/t1784 isolates showed that they shared an intact phage, which carried no annotated virulence factor genes except for two encoding a hypothetical membrane protein and a teichoic acid biosynthesis protein. No significant genomic rearrangements were observed among the CC1/t1784 isolates.
Conclusion: These data and previous reports indicate that this CC1/t1784 clone has been expanding rapidly in Japan without genomic changes.
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