Diversity of antibiotic resistance genes and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec elements in faecal isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci from Nigeria

• Published in: BMC microbiology Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 106
• Main Authors: Vitali, Luca Agostino, Petrelli, Dezemona, Lamikanra, Adebayo, Prenna, Manuela, Akinkunmi, Ezekiel Olugbenga
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 26.04.2014; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adult; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Child; Child, Preschool; Chromosomes; Colleges & universities; Complications and side effects; Dihydrofolate reductase; Drug resistance; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Enzymes; Feces - microbiology; Gastrointestinal system; Genes; Genes, Bacterial; Genetic aspects; Genetic Variation; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Molecular Typing; Mutation; Nigeria; Nosocomial infections; Physiological aspects; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Risk factors; Staphylococcus - classification; Staphylococcus - genetics; Staphylococcus - isolation & purification; Staphylococcus infections; Nigeria

Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are opportunistic pathogens found as colonisers of the human gut. This study was carried out to examine the genetic resistance mechanisms in faecal isolates of CoNS. The study investigated 53 non-duplicate CoNS isolates obtained from the fresh stool samples of...