Swine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene in Hong Kong, China

Emerg Microbes Infect. 2020 Dec;9(1):1534-1536. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1785335.

Abstract

We report a SCCmec II, ST39 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate from pigs that harboured toxic-shock syndrome toxin gene (tsst-1). The gene was located in a rare pathogenicity island SaPI68111, which also carried enterotoxin genes that can cause fatal infections. Pigs may potentially serve as a reservoir for MRSA dissemination.

Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; Asia; Hong Kong; MRSA; staphylococci; swine; toxic shock syndrome (tsst-1); zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics*
  • Bacterial Toxins / metabolism
  • Enterotoxins / genetics*
  • Enterotoxins / metabolism
  • Genomic Islands
  • Hong Kong
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Phylogeny
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / veterinary*
  • Superantigens / genetics*
  • Superantigens / metabolism
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / microbiology*

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Enterotoxins
  • Superantigens
  • enterotoxin F, Staphylococcal

Grants and funding

This work was partially supported by a grant from the Commissioned Health and Medical Research Fund (CU-15-B3).