Clinical and genomic characterization of Staphylococcus argenteus isolates from a tertiary hospital in Beijing
Dequan Tian, Yunyi Liu, Ying Li, Diandian Chen, Leyang Ju, He Lan, Wenshuo Yang, Xiaoyi Zhao, Peichang Wang, Jingrong Cao · 2026
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Dequan Tian and a ten-author team hunt for Staphylococcus argenteus, a recently recognized relative of Staphylococcus aureus, in a Beijing hospital's isolate collection. Routine tests cannot tell the two apart, so the team re-checked 2,080 isolates labeled S. aureus using mass spectrometry, gene sequencing, and whole-genome sequencing. Their 2026 study then profiled the isolates for drug resistance, toxin genes, and biofilm growth.
Only three isolates, 0.14 percent, proved to be S. argenteus, a low share for northern China. Four mass-spectrometry peaks may serve as fingerprints for the species, though larger multi-site studies must confirm them. All three strains shared a core of adhesion and immune-evasion genes; one also carried Panton-Valentine leukocidin and enterotoxin genes, and all stayed susceptible to oxacillin despite carrying resistance genes on paper. Two formed strong biofilms. The authors call for multicenter surveillance to judge how much this species matters clinically.
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| CREATOR | Dequan Tian, Yunyi Liu, Ying Li, Diandian Chen, Leyang Ju, He Lan, Wenshuo Yang, Xiaoyi Zhao, Peichang Wang, Jingrong Cao |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |