Specific clones of Staphylococcus lugdunensis may be associated with colon carcinoma

• Published in: Journal of infection and public health Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 39 - 42
• Main Authors: Noguchi, Norihisa, Fukuzawa, Mari, Wajima, Takeaki, Yokose, Kaoru, Suzuki, Masae, Nakaminami, Hidemasa, Kawai, Takashi, Moriyasu, Fuminori, Sasatsu, Masanori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2018; Elsevier
• Subjects: Carcinoma - etiology; Colon carcinoma; Colonic Neoplasms - etiology; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Genotype; Humans; Infectious Disease; Internal Medicine; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Multilocus Sequence Typing; Pulsotype; Staphylococcal Infections - complications; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcus lugdunensis; Staphylococcus lugdunensis - classification; Staphylococcus lugdunensis - genetics; Staphylococcus lugdunensis - isolation & purification; Pulsotype; Multilocus sequence typing; Staphylococcus lugdunensis; Colon carcinoma
• ISSN: 1876-0341; 1876-035X; 1876-035X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.03.012

Staphylococcus lugdunensis produces a tannase with activity that may be associated with the onset of colon carcinoma. To clarify this feature of colon carcinoma-associated S. lugdunensis, we obtained isolates from healthy subjects and patients with colon adenomas and carcinomas and analyzed their ge...