title: Antibodies to staphylococcal enterotoxins and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 in sera of patients and healthy people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
abstract: Sera from 33 persons with staphylococcal infections and from 37 healthy persons were surveyed for the presence of antibody to staphylococcal enterotoxins A, B, C, D, and E and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1. Thirty-one (93.9%) of the patients and 35 (94.6%) of the control group had antibodies to one or more of the enterotoxins. The numbers of patients with antibody to the enterotoxins were as follows: A, 8; B, 9; C, 7; D, 17; E, 21; and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1, 11. The numbers of healthy individuals with antibody to the enterotoxins were as follows: A, 6; B, 12; C, 8; D, 27; E, 21; and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1, 9.
mesh_terms: D000992:Antitoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D001938:Brazil; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D018089:Superantigens
chemical_list: D000992:Antitoxins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D018089:Superantigens; C049463:enterotoxin E, Staphylococcal; C030107:enterotoxin F, Staphylococcal; C019368:enterotoxin D, Staphylococcal; C026066:enterotoxin A, Staphylococcal; C031818:enterotoxin B, staphylococcal; C034959:enterotoxin C, staphylococcal