[The frequency of the production of toxic-shock exotoxin by Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in the USSR].
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.
Pozhar
P F
PF
Akatov
A K
AK
Ratgauz
G L
GL
Fluer
F S
FS
Atopek
S Ia
SIa
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
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D018089:Superantigens; C030107:enterotoxin F, Staphylococcal
Chastota produktsii ékzotoksina toksicheskogo shoka shtammami Staphylococcus aureus, vydelennymi v SSSR.