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2926789

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
In a prospective study, 52 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from individual patients with septicaemia and 27 nasal strains from separate, healthy carriers were compared for production of a range of extracellular proteins and toxins. Whereas there was no difference (p greater than 0.05) between septicaemic and nasal isolates with respect to incidence of alpha, beta, gamma and delta haemolysins, toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 or staphylokinase production, the incidence of enterotoxin A, B, and C production was higher among isolates from septicaemia (p less than 0.01). Of the isolates from septicaemia, 33 (63%) produced enterotoxins A, B, C or D alone or in combination. Only three (11%) of the nasal isolates produced a single enterotoxin, enterotoxin D. Of the isolates from septicaemia, 67% were hospital-acquired and greater than 25% of these were endemic, methicillin-resistant (MRSA) strains. All MRSA strains produced either enterotoxin A, or enterotoxin B, or both. These findings suggest a possible role for enterotoxins in the pathogenesis of S. aureus disease other than food poisoning.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-2615
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
163-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Enterotoxin production by Staphylococcus aureus isolates from cases of septicaemia and from healthy carriers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Microbiology, St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't