Survey of genes encoding staphylococcal enterotoxins, toxic shock syndrome toxin 1, and exfoliative toxins in members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group.
Genes encoding staphylococcal enterotoxins (sea to see, seg, and seh), toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (tst), and exfoliative toxins (eta and etb) were not detected in a large panel of 48 Staphylococcus sciuri group isolates tested. This strongly suggests that production of the staphylococcal exotoxins by these bacteria is highly unlikely.
Dakić
Ivana
I
Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia.
Vukovic
Dragana
D
Stepanović
Srdjan
S
Hauschild
Tomasz
T
Jezek
Petr
P
Petrás
Petr
P
Morrison
Donald
D
D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics*; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D005083:Exfoliatins / Q000235:genetics*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018089:Superantigens / Q000235:genetics*
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D005083:Exfoliatins; D018089:Superantigens; C030107:enterotoxin F, Staphylococcal