Mass outbreak of food poisoning disease caused by small amounts of staphylococcal enterotoxins A and H.
It was believed that food poisoning in Osaka in 2000 was due to small amounts of staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) in reconstituted milk. Results of this study clearly indicate that SEH was also present in the raw material of reconstituted milk, indicating that the food poisoning was caused by multiple staphylococcal enterotoxins.
Ikeda
Tetsuya
T
Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0819, Japan. ikeda@mbk.nifty.com
Tamate
Naoto
N
Yamaguchi
Keiji
K
Makino
Sou-ichi
S
D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D013202:Staphylococcal Food Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology*
D004768:Enterotoxins; C402489:Staphylococcal enterotoxin H; C026066:enterotoxin A, Staphylococcal