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    Amoebae promote persistence of epidemic strains of MRSA.

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    Authors
    Huws, Sharon A.
    Smith, Anthony W.
    Enright, Mark C.
    Wood, Pauline J.
    Brown, Michael R. W.
    Issue Date
    2006
    
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    The control of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is of concern worldwide. Given the evidence that several pathogenic species replicate within amoebae and emerge more virulent and more resistant and the abundance of amoebae in healthcare settings, we investigated interactions of Acanthamoeba polyphaga with epidemic MRSA isolates. MRSA proliferated in the presence of amoebae, attributable partly to intracellular replication. Following 24 h of co-culture, confocal microscopy revealed that c. 50% amoebae had viable MRSA within phago-lysosomes and 2% of amoebae were heavily infected with viable cocci throughout the cytoplasm. Infection control strategies should recognize the contribution of protozoa.
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    Environmental Microbiology, 8(6): 1130-1133
    Publisher
    Wiley InterScience
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/2436/15814
    DOI
    10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.00991.x
    PubMed ID
    16689734
    Additional Links
    http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118567427/abstract
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    Journal article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1462-2912
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.00991.x
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