The primary objective is to demonstrate that the risk of S. aureus bacteremia (SAB) is correlated to the RNA III and SprD RNAs expression
Staphylococcus aureus ranks among the top three organisms for community-acquired, healthcare-related and nosocomial infections in humans. It lives as a commensal organism but can also provoke very severe diseases. Identifying markers of the 'colonization/disease' transition is of paramount importance. We recently found that an association of two regulatory RNAs was associated with S. aureus infection rather than colonization and with the severity of infection. Those preliminary results have to be confirmed with a more important prospective cohort.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
165
ST types will be determined for all individualized bacterial strains. For all the bacterial strains, RNAs expression will be analyzed at three different growth phases: early exponential phase, mid exponential phase and early stationary phase. Expression of RNAIII and SprD will be evaluated by quantitative polymerase chain reaction.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes
Rennes, France
Levels of RNAIII expression and sprD in isolated strains of S. aureus from bacteremia
Levels of expression of RNAIII and sprD in isolated strains of S. aureus isolated from bacteremia, compared to these same levels of expression in strains from colonized, uninfected patients.
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
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