agr dysfunction affects staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type-dependent clinical outcomes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Chang Kyung KangHong Bin Kim

Abstract

Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec element (SCCmec) type-dependent clinical outcomes may vary due to geographical variation in the presence of virulence determinants. We compared the microbiological factors and mortality attributed to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia between SCCmec types II/III and type IV. All episodes of MRSA bacteremia in a tertiary-care hospital (South Korea) over a 4.5-year period were reviewed. We studied the microbiological factors associated with all blood MRSA isolates, including spa type, agr type, agr dysfunction, and the genes for Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) and phenol-soluble modulin (PSM)-mec, in addition to SCCmec type. Of 195 cases, 137 involved SCCmec types II/III, and 58 involved type IV. The mortality attributed to MRSA bacteremia was less frequent among the SCCmec type IV (5/58) than that among types II/III (39/137, P = 0.002). This difference remained significant when adjusted for clinical factors (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.14; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.04 to 0.49; P = 0.002). Of the microbiological factors tested, agr dysfunction was the only significant factor that showed different positivity between the SCCmec types, and it was independentl...Continue Reading

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