title: [The frequency of the production of toxic-shock exotoxin by Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in the USSR].
abstract: 515 S. aureus strains, isolated from carriers and patients with staphylococcal infection in different regions of the USSR, were studied. Of these, 52.2% were found capable of producing exotoxin of toxic shock (ETS). The occurrence of the capacity for ETS production was the same among the strains isolated from the upper respiratory ways of carriers and from the purulent inflammatory foci of patients and little varied in staphylococci isolated in different regions. The study revealed that in strains sensitive to the typing phages of the International Set the capacity for ETS production occurred considerably more frequently than in nontyped cultures. No essential differences with respect to this sign between strains belonging to different phage groups were established.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Pozhar
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Akatov
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Ratgauz
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Fluer
authors.forename: S Ia
authors.initials: SIa
authors.lastname: Atopek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D011233:Precipitin Tests / Q000379:methods; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018089:Superantigens; D014586:USSR; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D018089:Superantigens; C030107:enterotoxin F, Staphylococcal
vernacular_title: Chastota produktsii ékzotoksina toksicheskogo shoka shtammami Staphylococcus aureus, vydelennymi v SSSR.