Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus coagulase type VII isolates from staphylococcal food poisoning outbreaks (1980-1995) in Tokyo, Japan, by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus coagulase type VII isolates from staphylococcal food poisoning outbreaks (1980-1995) in Tokyo, Japan, by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
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DOI:
10.1128/jcm.38.10.3746-3749.2000
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发表时间:
2000-10-01
影响因子:
9.4
通讯作者:
Kawano, J
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作者:
Shimizu, A;Fujita, V;Kawano, J
Staphylococcus aureus coagulase type Cn strains have been the strains most frequently isolated from staphylococcal food poisoning outbreaks in Tokyo, Japan. We applied pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of chromosomal DNA digested with SmaI to characterize 129 coagulase type Vn strains. These were isolated from 129 cases occurring in outbreaks in 35 districts during a 16-year period (1980-1995), The 129 outbreak strains were classified into three types, designated A (rt = 115), B (n = 10), and C (n = 4). Types ci and C were further divided into 33 (Al to A33) and 4 (C1 to C4) subtypes, respectively. Strains of the same subtypes n cre isolated from food poisoning cases in the same districts at time intervals of 1 or 2 to 5 vears. PFGE typing appears to be a useful method for subdividing strains of S. aureus coagulase type VII. A combination of coagulase typing and PFGE typing would provide more detailed information than the former method atone in epidemiologic investigations of staphylococcal food poisoning.