Antibodies to staphylococcal enterotoxin in laboratory personnel.
Eighty-five percent of laboratory personnel working with staphylococcal enterotoxin had antibodies to enterotoxin in their sera, whereas only 23% of the control group had antibodies specific for enterotoxin. Two persons who carried enterotoxin B-producing staphylococci in their noses, throats, or both, had antibodies to enterotoxin B in their sera.
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000276:immunology*; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000276:immunology*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000276:immunology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins