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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2006, p. 1555-1557, Vol. 44, No. 4
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.4.1555-1557.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Clonal Distribution and Differential Occurrence of the Enterotoxin Gene Cluster, egc, in Carriage- versus Bacteremia-Associated Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

Alex van Belkum,1 Damian C. Melles,1* Susan V. Snijders,1 Willem B. van Leeuwen,1 Heiman F. L. Wertheim,1 Jan L. Nouwen,1 Henri A. Verbrugh,1 and Jerome Etienne2

Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands,1 French Reference Center for Staphylococci, INSERM E0230, Faculté de Médecine Laennec, 7 rue Guillaume Paradin, 69008 Lyon, France2

Received 18 January 2006/ Accepted 25 January 2006

The Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin gene cluster, egc, was detected in isolates from healthy individuals and in those from patients with bacteremia. The egc genes cooccur and are slightly enriched in strains from healthy carriers (present in 63.7% of carriage-associated isolates versus 52.9% of invasive isolates; P = 0.03). Multilocus sequence typing revealed that successful staphylococcal clones usually harbor the egc locus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Room L-313, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: 31.10.463.3510. Fax: 31.10.463.3875. E-mail: d.melles{at}erasmusmc.nl.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2006, p. 1555-1557, Vol. 44, No. 4
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.4.1555-1557.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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