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KMID : 1100720170370040297
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Annals of Laboratory Medicine
2017 Volume.37 No. 4 p.297 ~ p.304
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Prevalence of Complement-Mediated Cell Lysis-like Gene (sicG) in Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Isolates From Japan (2014?2016)
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Takahashi Takashi
Fujita Tomohiro
Shibayama Akiyoshi
Tsuyuki Yuzo
Yoshida Haruno
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Abstract
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Background: Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE; a β-hemolytic streptococcus of human or animal origin) infections are emerging worldwide. We evaluated the clonal distribution of complement-mediated cell lysis-like gene (sicG) among SDSE isolates from three central prefectures of Japan.
Methods: Group G/C β-hemolytic streptococci were collected from three institutions from April 2014 to March 2016. Fifty-five strains (52 from humans and three from animals) were identified as SDSE on the basis of 16S rRNA sequencing data.; they were obtained from 25 sterile (blood, joint fluid, and cerebrospinal fluid) and 30 non-sterile (skin-, respiratory tract-, and genitourinary tract-origin) samples. emm genotyping, multilocus sequence typing, sicG amplification/sequencing, and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis of sicG-positive strains were performed.
Results: sicG was detected in 30.9% of the isolates (16 human and one canine) and the genes from the 16 human samples (blood, 10; open pus, 3; sputum, 2; throat swab, 1) and one canine sample (open pus) showed the same sequence pattern. All sicG-harboring isolates belonged to clonal complex (CC) 17, and the most prevalent emm type was stG6792 (82.4%). There was a significant association between sicG presence and the development of skin/soft tissue infections. CC17 isolates with sicG could be divided into three subtypes by RAPD analysis.
Conclusions: CC17 SDSE harboring sicG might have spread into three closely-related prefectures in central Japan during 2014?2016. Clonal analysis of isolates from other areas might be needed to monitor potentially virulent strains in humans and animals.
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KEYWORD
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Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis, Complement-mediated cell lysis-like gene, Clonal complex, emm genotype, Skin and soft tissue infections, Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis, Jap
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