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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2001, p. 4037-4041, Vol. 39, No. 11
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.11.4037-4041.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Multiplex PCR for Simultaneous Identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Detection of Methicillin and Mupirocin Resistance

E. Pérez-Roth,1 F. Claverie-Martín,1 J. Villar,1 and S. Méndez-Álvarez1,2,*

Molecular Biology Laboratory, Research Unit, Nuestra Señora de Candelaria Hospital,1 and Department of Cellular Biology and Microbiology, University of La Laguna,2 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Received 30 July 2001/Returned for modification 20 August 2001/Accepted 4 September 2001

In this work, we describe a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes harbored by some Staphylococcus aureus isolates and for the simultaneous identification of such isolates at the species level. Conditions were optimized for the simultaneous detection of the 310-, 456-, and 651-bp regions of the mecA (encoding high-level methicillin resistance), ileS-2 (encoding high-level mupirocin resistance), and femB (encoding a factor essential for methicillin resistance) genes, respectively, from a single colony in a single reaction tube. The femB PCR fragment allows the specific identification of S. aureus. Validation of the method was performed using 50 human isolates of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and the appropriate control strains. This assay offers a rapid, simple, feasible, specific, sensitive, and accurate identification of mupirocin-resistant MRSA clinical isolates and could be systematically applied as a diagnostic test in clinical microbiology laboratories, facilitating the design and use of antibiotic therapy.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Ntra. Sra. de Candelaria, Ctra. del Rosario s/n, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. Phone: 34-922-600080 or -600545. Fax: 34-922-600562. E-mail: smendez{at}hcan.rcanaria.es.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2001, p. 4037-4041, Vol. 39, No. 11
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.11.4037-4041.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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