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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2009, p. 2321-2324, Vol. 47, No. 7
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01971-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Partial atlE Sequencing of Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains from Prosthetic Joint Infections{triangledown}

V. Sivadon,1,2* M. Rottman,2,3 J.-C. Quincampoix,3 E. Prunier,3 M. Le Moal,1 P. de Mazancourt,4 P. Hoffmeyer,5 A. Lortat-Jacob,6 P. Piriou,7 T. Judet,7 L. Bernard,2,8 and J.-L. Gaillard1,2

AP-HP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Boulogne-Billancourt, France,1 EA 3647, Université de Versailles—Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Garches, France,2 AP-HP, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Garches, France,3 AP-HP, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Laboratoire de Biochimie, Garches, France,4 Geneva University Hospital, Service of Orthopedic Surgery, Geneva, Switzerland,5 AP-HP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologie, Boulogne-Billancourt, France,6 AP-HP, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologie, Garches, France,7 AP-HP, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Département de Médecine Aiguë Spécialisée, Garches, France8

Received 13 October 2008/ Returned for modification 18 December 2008/ Accepted 14 May 2009

Partial atlE sequencing (atlE nucleotides 2782 to 3114 [atlE2782-3114]) was performed in 41 Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates from prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) and 44 isolates from skin as controls. The atlE2782-3114 allele 1 (type strain sequence) was significantly more frequent in PJI strains (38/41 versus 29/44 in controls; P = 0.0023). Most PJI strains were positive for mecA, icaA/icaD, and IS256, and most belonged to the sequence type 27 subgroup, suggesting the involvement of few related clones.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, 9 Avenue Charles de Gaulle, F-92101 Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Phone: 33 (0)1 49 09 59 78. Fax: 33 (0)1 49 09 59 21. E-mail: valerie.sivadon-tardy{at}apr.aphp.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 20 May 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2009, p. 2321-2324, Vol. 47, No. 7
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01971-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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