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ArticleJournal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc2018

Accuracy of PCR targeting different markers for Staphylococcus aureus identification: a comparative study using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry as the gold standard.

Mauro M Saraiva, Candice M De Leon, Silvana C Santos, Danilo T Stipp, Miliane M Souza, Lauro Santos Filho, Wondwossen A Gebreyes, Celso J Oliveira

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Article in Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Mauro M SaraivaDepartments of Animal Sciences (Saraiva, De Leon, Santos, Oliveira), College of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Paraiba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil.
Candice M De LeonDepartments of Animal Sciences (Saraiva, De Leon, Santos, Oliveira), College of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Paraiba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil.
Silvana C SantosDepartments of Animal Sciences (Saraiva, De Leon, Santos, Oliveira), College of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Paraiba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil.
Danilo T StippDepartments of Animal Sciences (Saraiva, De Leon, Santos, Oliveira), College of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Paraiba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil.
Miliane M SouzaDepartments of Animal Sciences (Saraiva, De Leon, Santos, Oliveira), College of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Paraiba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil.
Lauro Santos FilhoDepartments of Animal Sciences (Saraiva, De Leon, Santos, Oliveira), College of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Paraiba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil.
Wondwossen A GebreyesDepartments of Animal Sciences (Saraiva, De Leon, Santos, Oliveira), College of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Paraiba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil.
Celso J OliveiraDepartments of Animal Sciences (Saraiva, De Leon, Santos, Oliveira), College of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Paraiba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is considered a major pathogen in veterinary and human medicine, and the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains, such as livestock-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus, means that reliable, inexpensive, and fast methods are required to identify S. aureus obtained from animal sources. We tested the accuracy of a PCR targeting the genes femA, nuc, and coa in identifying S. aureus from animals. A total of 157 Staphylococcus spp. isolates were examined by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry; 18 different Staphylococcus species were identified. Of 68 S. aureus isolates, the genes femA, nuc, and coa were found in 61, 53, and 32 isolates, respectively. Considering MALDI-TOF as the gold standard, the PCR assays targeting all 3 genes showed 100% specificity; the sensitivity values were 89.7, 77.9, and 47.0% for femA, nuc, and coa, respectively. Sensitivity was 100% when femA and nuc markers were targeted simultaneously. These results confirm PCR as an accurate method to identify S. aureus species from animal sources and strongly suggest the simultaneous use of primers targeting femA and nuc genes.

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AnimalsHumansMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusPolymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and SpecificitySpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureuscoafemAMALDI-TOFmolecular identificationnuc

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PMID29105571
PMCPMC6505873

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