• 생명과학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.647-651
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• 2005

부산광역시 관내 병원에 내원한 설사환자 704명의 분변으로부터 64건의 황색포도상구균을 분리하였다. 황색포도상구균의 평균 분리율은 $9.1\%$였으며, 5월에 가장 높은 16건$(16.8\%)$이 분리되었으나 계절에 상관없이 꾸준히 분리되었다. 분리된 황색포도상구균 64균주 중 $45.3\%$인 29균주의 황색포도상구균이 장독소를 생산하였으며, 장독소 유형별로 A형이 24균주$(37.5\%)$, B형이 3균주$(4.7\%)$, C형이 2균주$(3.1\%)$순이었다. 또한 15종의 항생제에 대한 내성율은 penicillin과 ampicillin에 대하여 각각 $95.4\%$와 $93.8\%$로 매우 높은 내성율을 나타내었으나, chloramphenicol과 vancomycin에 대하여는 $100\%$ 감수성이었다. Oxacillin에 내성을 나타내는 MRSA은 $31.3\%$였으며, vancomycin에 내성을 나타내는 VRSA은 $0\%$였다. 성별과 연령에 따른 MRSA의 분리율은 남자가 $35.7\%$ (15균주/42균주), 여자는 $26.3\%$(5균주/19균주)로 남자가 더 높았으며, 연령별로는 9세 이하 5명(남자 4명, 여자 1명), 20대 1명(남자 1명), 30대 2명(남자 2명), 50대 4명(남자 3명, 여자 1명), 60세 이상 8명(남자 5명, 여자 3명)이었다. 10대와 40대에서는 MRSA가 분리되지 않았다. 공시 항생제에 대한 내성양상은 분리된 64주 중 61주의 균이 최소 2종류 이상의 약제에 대하여, 최고 12종류의 약제에 대하여 내성을 나타내는 다양한 다제내성형을 나타내었다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.48-54
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• 2008

Multiplex-PCR을 이용하여 대구와 경상북도 내의 다양한 입원 환자들로부터 분리된 187주의 MRSA 균주를 재료로 9가지 종류의 내독소(sea~see, seg~sej ), 3종류의 병독소(eta, etb, tst ) 그리고 내부 양성 지표로써 16S rRNA와 MecA 유전자를 검출하였다. S. aureus 균주에서 새로운 형태의 내독소 유전자(seg~sej)의 빈도가 65.9%로 매우 높게 잠복하고 있었으며, 고전적 형태의 내독소 유전자(sea~see)도 47.8%로 선행 연구에서 검출된 것만큼 높게 잠복하고 있었다. 새로운 형태의 내독소 중 쌍을 이룬 형태(즉, sec+seg+sei, seg+sei)는 많이 검출된 반면 단일 형태의 내독소(즉, seg, seh, sei, sej)는 거의 검출되지 않았거나 없었으며, 쌍을 이룬 내독소 유전자를 가진 S. aureus는 잠재적으로 보다 더 독성균주가 될 것으로 판단된다. 더 나아가 S. aureus 균주들 사이의 높은 보유율을 보이는 seg와 sei 사이의 체계적인 관련성은 staphylococcal enterotoxin들 사이에 중요한 계통발생적 연계가 있을 수 있다는 것은 암시한다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.38-42
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• 2010

Curcumin content of butanol fraction from C. longa was found to be 22.4942% of the highest content. However, in DPPH radical scavenging ability and antibacterial activity against methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA, CCARM3696), ethylacetate fraction contained 2.5791% of curcumin was exhibited highest activity. In comparison of enhancing antibiotic(ampicillin) effect against MRSA, ethanol extract contained 1.7838% of curcumin showed more strong activity. This indicates that the ethanol extract and some fractions from C. longa can have antibacterial activity and enhancing antibiotic effect possibly without curcumin. Appropriate use of antimicrobial agent was important point prior to the development of new antibiotics. And in that sence, extract and fractions of C. longa were worth using as synergist of antibiotics and natural antimicrobial agent.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.11-21
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• 2019

목적: 본 연구를 통해 소아청소년에서 발생한 황색 포도알균혈증(Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia; SAB)의 역학적 특성을 알아보고자 하였다. 방법: 2002년부터 2016년까지 15년 간 가천대 길병원에 입원한 18세 이하 소아청소년 중 SAB 환자의 의무기록을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 결과: 총 212명의 소아청소년 SAB 환자가 분석에 포함되었다. 2002년부터 2016년까지 연간 SAB 발생률은 입원환자 1,000명당 0.77-1.95명이었다. 전체 SAB 중 신생아군(28일 미만)과 소아청소년군(28일-18세 이하)은 각각 51.4% (n=109), 48.6%(n=103)이었으며, 지역사회 관련 감염(community associated [CA])과 의료기관 관련 감염(healthcare associated [HA])은 각각 43.9% (n=93), 56.1% (n=119)였다. 소아청소년군(47.6%)보다 신생아군(64.2%)에서 HA-SAB의 비중이 더 높았다(P=0.015). CA-SAB와 HA-SAB에서 합병증 발생 여부는 차이가 없었으나, 사망률은 HA-SAB에서 더 높았다. 메티실린 내성 황색포도알균(methicillin-resistance S. aureus [MRSA])의 비율은 신생아군에서 가장 높았고(88.1%), 연령이 증가할수록 감소하여 5세 이상에서는 36.4-37.5%였다. MRSA 비율은 72.2%로 시간에 따른 일정한 추세는 보이지 않았다. 결론: 지난 15년 간 소아청소년에서 SAB의 발생률 및 MRSA의 비율은 일정한 추세 없이 유지되었다. 소아청소년의 SAB에서 적절한 항생제를 선택하기 위해 환자의 연령 및 감염 기원에 대한 신중한 고려가 필요하다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.98-108
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• 2015

Staphylococcus aureus is an important foodborne pathogen that causes diverse diseases ranging from minor infections to life-threatening conditions in humans and animals. To further understand its pathogenesis, the genome of the strain S. aureus FORC_001 was isolated from a contaminated food. Its genome consists of 2,886,017 bp double-stranded DNA with a GC content of 32.8%. It is predicted to contain 2,728 open reading frames, 57 tRNAs, and 6 rRNA operons, including 1 additional 5S rRNA gene. Comparative phylogenetic tree analysis of 40 complete S. aureus genome sequences using average nucleotide identity (ANI) revealed that strain FORC_001 belonged to Group I. The closest phylogenetic match was S. aureus MRSA252, according to a whole-genome ANI (99.87%), suggesting that they might share a common ancestor. Comparative genome analysis of FORC_001 and MRSA252 revealed two non-homologous regions: Regions I and II. The presence of various antibiotic resistance genes, including the SCCmec cluster in Region I of MRSA252, suggests that this strain might have acquired the SCCmec cluster to adapt to specific environments containing methicillin. Region II of both genomes contains prophage regions but their DNA sequence identity is very low, suggesting that the prophages might differ. This is the first report of the complete genome sequence of S. aureus isolated from a real foodborne outbreak in South Korea. This report would be helpful to extend our understanding about the genome, general characteristics, and virulence factors of S. aureus for further studies of pathogenesis, rapid detection, and epidemiological investigation in foodborne outbreak.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1916-1924
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• 2019

Outbreaks of staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP) causing serious human diseases and economic losses have been reported globally. Furthermore, the spread of Staphylococcus aureus with increased resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents has become a major concern in the food industries and medicine. Here, we isolated an endolysin LysSAP8, as one of the peptidoglycan hydrolases, derived from the bacteriophage SAP8 infecting S. aureus. This endolysin was tagged with a 6×His at the C-terminal of the target protein and purified using affinity chromatography. LysSAP8 demonstrated lytic activity against a broad spectrum of bacteria, which included a majority of the staphylococcal strains tested in this study as well as the methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA); however, no such activity was observed against other gram-positive or gram-negative bacteria. Additionally, LysSAP8 could maintain bactericidal activity until 0.1 nM working concentration and after heat treatment at 37℃ for 30 min. The ability of LysSAP8 to lyse cells under varying conditions of temperature (4-43℃), pH (3-9), and NaCl concentrations (0-1,000 mM), and divalent metal ions (Ca²⁺, Co²⁺, Cu²⁺, Mg²⁺, Mn²⁺, Hg²⁺, and Zn²⁺) was examined. At the optimized condition, LysSAP8 could disrupt approximately 3.46 log CFU/ml of the planktonic cells in their exponential phase of growth within 30 min. In this study, we have suggested that LysSAP8 could be a potent alternative as a biocontrol agent that can be used to combat MRSA.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.175-180
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• 2017

The objectives of this study were: i) to detect the presence of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in raw milk, cheese, beef minced meat, and chicken meat samples; ii) to evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolates; and iii) to determine clonal relation among the isolates by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) method. Therefore, a total of 160 food samples were randomly collected between August 2014 and May 2015 in Hatay province, located in the southern Turkey. Twenty (12.5%) of the samples were found to be contaminated with S. aureus. A total of 40 isolates from the 20 positive samples were confirmed to be S. aureus by multiplex PCR based on 16S rRNA and nuc gene. The mec A gene was not detected in any of the S. aureus strains. In the present study, 39 out of 40 (97.5%) isolates were found to be resistant to one or more antibiotics. All of isolates were susceptible to gentamicin, oxacillin, and vancomycin. The highest resistance rate was detected in penicillin (95%) and ampicillin (92.5%), followed by tetracycline (30%), erythromycin (20%), ciprofloxacin (12.5%). Nine major patterns were determined by PFGE. In 6 of these patterns, thirty-six strains (90%) had identical PFGE profiles.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.87-95
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• 2017

Objectives : Infectious diseases by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are a growing problem worldwide. Characteristic of MRSA is endlessly mutation to resist antibiotics. Daehwanggo (DHG) is one of the oriental medicine prescriptions contained in Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine. Daehwanggo was mainly used for external preparation from old times. The purpose of this study is to confirm possibility as supplementary drug of DHG about antibiotics through observation of synergy effect between DHG and commercial antibiotics and to observe restriction on growth of MRSA on any pathway through observation of mechanism. Methods : The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of DHG against MRSA is $500{\sim}2000{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ by broth dilution method. In the checkerboard method, the combinations of DHG with antibiotics has partial synergistic effect or synergy effect and DHG markedly reduced the MICs of the antibiotics oxacillin (OX), gentamicin (GT) against MRSA. In the inhibition of resistance mechanism of DHG against MRSA, the expression of resistance gene and protein about ${\beta}-lactam$ antibiotic was reduced. Also, we observed the effect of DHG about cell membrane permeability against MRSA, and confirmed that DHG suppressed growth of strains by increasing cell membrane permeability. Results : Basis on the result, we speculate that DHG increase antibacterial activity of antibiotics against MRSA by changing the structure of cell wall of MRSA. Conclusions : These data suggest that Daehwanggo possesses possibility as supplementary drug about antibiotics against MRSA.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.177-184
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• 2009

우수한 생균제를 개발하기 위하여 안전성이 알려진 유산균을 대상으로 인체의 분변으로부터 300여 균주를 분리하고 내산성, 내담즙성, 내열성, 항균력, 항암 및 항바이러스 효과를 가지는 균주들을 선발하여 생균제 특성을 나타내는지를 알아보기 위해 본 실험을 수행하였다. 인체에서 분리한 여러 균주 중 Miny-148 균주는 낮은 pH 및 높은 담즙산에 대한 내성, 열처리에 대한 열안정성을 지녀 기초적인 probiotic 특성을 가진 균주로 선발되어, Lactobacillus pentosus (99.9% 상동성)로 동정되었다. 항균력 실험에서 Escherichia coli O157:H7을 비롯한 Shigella flexneri, Bacillus anthracis, Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, Vibrio cholerae, V. vulnificus, Salmonella typhimurium, 그리고 및 methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) 균주 8종 등 총 16종의 병원성세균을 억제하였다. 또한 Miny-148은 결장암 세포인 HT-29 cell을 억제하였을 뿐 아니라, transmissible gastroenteritis virus의 생육을 저해하여 세포변성 억제효과를 가진 우수한 probiotic 특성을 지닌 균주로 분석되었다.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2016

Objectives : Hwangheuk-san is a complex prescription composed of oriental traditional medicine and has been reported for antioxidant, antimicrobial and anticancer effects in the recent study. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of important causes of fatal infectious diseases such as septicemia, endocarditis, toxic shock syndrome, pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). S. aureus is reported as being for a variety of human diseases and its epidemiological relevance is mainly due to their ability of becoming highly resistant to common antimicrobials such as tetracycline, penicillin, cphalosporin and aminoglycoside. The objective of this study is to determine the antimicrobial effect of Hwangheuk-san ethanol extracts (HHS) and synergistic effects with antibiotics oxacillin against MRSA.Methods : The antimicrobial activity of HHS was measured by the disc diffusion method, broth microdilution method and the checkerboard dilution test, time-kill curve assay was performed to investigate synergistic effects with antibiotics oxacillin against MRSA.Results : HHS showed antimicrobial activity against MRSA with a MIC value of 125 ㎍/㎖. In the checkerboard test, the interaction of HHS with antibiotics oxacillin produced almost synergy or partial synergy against MRSA. This study showed that HHS reduced the MICs of oxacillin tested, and a remarkable antibacterial effect of HHS, with membrane permeability enhancers.Conclusions : These results suggest that HHS has the antimicrobial effect and synergistic effects with antibiotics oxacillin against MRSA. This study thus can be a valuable source for the development of a new drug with low MRSA resistance.