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Limitations in the use of PSMγ, agr , RNAIII, and biofilm formation as biomarkers to define invasive Staphylococcus epidermidis from chronic biomedical device-associated infections
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Ed Dudley,
Holger Rohde,
Lars Frommelt,
Nicolaus Siemssen,
Thomas Wilkinson ,
Dietrich Mack
International Journal of Medical Microbiology, Volume: 307, Issue: 7, Pages: 382 - 387
Swansea University Authors:
Llinos Harris , Ed Dudley, Thomas Wilkinson , Dietrich Mack
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.ijmm.2017.08.003
Abstract
Staphylococcus epidermidis is a common cause of biomedical device-associated infections. Agr is the major quorum sensing system in staphylococci and regulates virulence factors. Four agr-specificity groups exist in S. epidermidis, and chronic S. epidermidis infections are hypothesised to select for...
| Published in: | International Journal of Medical Microbiology |
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| ISSN: | 1438-4221 |
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Elsevier BV
2017
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35039 |
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Staphylococcus epidermidis is a common cause of biomedical device-associated infections. Agr is the major quorum sensing system in staphylococci and regulates virulence factors. Four agr-specificity groups exist in S. epidermidis, and chronic S. epidermidis infections are hypothesised to select for agr-negative phenotypes. Therefore, we investigated S. epidermidis strains from prosthetic joint- and catheter-associated infections to establish i) whether an infection selects for an agr-negative phenotype; ii) the importance of PSMγ and iii) if the agr-specificity group is infection dependent. S. epidermidis nasal isolates from healthy volunteers were used as controls. The distribution of agr-specificity groups was significantly different between infection and control episodes, but did not distinguish between the infection types. PSMγ secretion was used to determine agr-activity and HPLC analysis showed that 44% of prosthetic and 32% of catheter-associated episodes produced no PSMγ in comparison to 8% of the control strains. However, PSMγ expression did not always correlate with RNAIII up-regulation, indicating that PSMγ synthesis is likely influenced by additional post-transcriptional control. The data suggests chronic S. epidermidis infections favour agr-specificity group 1 but the results suggest that they do not select for an agr-negative phenotype. Further studies are required to explore the mechanisms underlying the selection and survival of these S. epidermidis phenotypes isolated from biomedical device-associated infections. |
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| Keywords: |
Staphylococcus epidermidis; agr; Quorum sensing; Infection; Phenol soluble modulins; Biomedical devices; Biofilm formation |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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7 |
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382 |
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387 |