Identification of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Polymerase Chain Reaction

중합효소 연쇄반응을 이용한 메치실린 내성균주의 동정

  • Published : 1999.08.01

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA) has been known to be resistant to many kinds of antibiotics and causes a problem of nosnocomial infection since the third generation of cephalosporines has been introduced in the 1980s. As antibiotic sensitivity tests which have been routinely used to detect MRSA in the laboratory depend on the culture conditions such as, pH, temperature, and time, etc., it is difficult to decide in the case of borderline- or low-level of MRSA. Therefore it would be necessary to develope a new method based on the molecular biological technique to overcome these problems. In this study, we extracted DNA from S. aureus and performed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify mec A gene, encoding penicillin-binding protein 2' (PBP-2'), which is known to confer bacteria resistance to the bacteriostatic action of methicillin. The results were compares with those of minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) test. When MIC test with oxacillin was performed on the 120 isolates of S. aureus from each patient's specimens, 64 of them were MRSA and 56 of them were methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). In pus specimen, more precisely, 61.9% (26/42) of MRSA was detected, and 44.2% (19/43), 60% (9/15) and 50% (10/20) of MRSA were detected in sputum, body fluid, and other specimen respectively. When 40 isolates of MRSA and MSSA were tested by PCR method and compares with the results of MIC method, different results were obtained from 1 isolate of MRSA (2.5%) and in 2 isolates of MSSA (5%) suggesting that PCR method should be performed at the same time for more accurate clinical test of MRSA.

Methicillin-resistant Staphlococcus aureus(MRSA)는 다양한 항생제에 저항성을 나타내며 제 3세대 cephalosporin계가 보급된 1980년대 이후 원내 감염의 중요 원인균으로 대두되고있다. 그러나 MRSA 동정의 오류나 실수로 인한 부적절한 치료에 문제가 있으며 항생제의 오용으로 인한 다제약제 내성획득이 임상에서 심각한 문제가 되거 있다. 따라서 MRSA 감염의 적절한 치료는 이 원인 균의 신속하고 믿을 수 있는 동정을 필요로 한다.본 연구에서는 분자 생물학적인 동정법을 확립하기 위하여 항생제의 내성 기구인 페니실린 결합 단백질 2‘(PBP2')를 암호화하는 mec A 유전자를 PCR 방법으로 증폭하여 MIC test 결과와 비교하여 MRSA를 동정하는데 PCR법이 유용한지를 판명하였다.각 환자의 다종 검체로부터 S. aureus 120균주를 분리하여 oxcillin으로 MIC test를 한 결과 MRSA의 비율로는 농에서는 MRSA가 61.9%로 가장 높게 판명되었다. 120균주 중 MRSA 40균주, MSSA 40균주를 성별하여 PCR 방법으로 동정하여 MIC test와 비교 한 결과, MRSA 1균주(2.5%), MSSA는 2균주(5%)의 차이만이 MIC test와 상이성을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과로 볼 때 PCR법으로 MRSA를 동정하는 것은 유용하며 일상검사 업무로서 활용성이 높을 것으로 판단되었다.

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