Carriage of the Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin Gene by Contemporary Community-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Isolates. (4th October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Parrish, Katelyn L; Wylie, Kristine M; Reich, Patrick J; Hogan, Patrick G; Wylie, Todd N; Kennedy, Colleen R; Lainhart, William; Hunstad, David A; Burnham, Carey-Ann D; Fritz, Stephanie A
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Volume 8:Number 5(2019)
• Page Start: 470
• Page End: 473
• Publication Date: 2018-10-04
• Subjects: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus -- staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec -- toxic shock syndrome -- tst-1; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piy098
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2048-7193

Abstract

Abstract: We report here the prevalence of the tst-1 gene among 252 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolates and 458 methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) isolates collected from 531 subjects between 2008 and 2017, one of which was recovered from a child with MRSA toxic shock syndrome. tst-1 was encoded by 43 (6%) S aureus isolates overall: 42 (16.7%) MSSA isolates and 1 (0.2%) MRSA isolate ( P < .001).