title: Detection the Staphylococcus aureus producing enterotoxin isolated from skin infections in hospitalized patients.
abstract: Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that produces a wide array of toxins, thus causing various type of disease symptoms. Staphyloceccal enterotoxins (SES), a family of 9 major serological types of heat-stable enterotoxins, are a main cause of gastroenteritis and skin infection. In this study to determine the extent of enterotoxin-producing S. aureus in skin infections of hospitalized patients, their samples were screened and the results showed that 42% of totally 200 patients studied in this research carried S. aureus and 45% of these S. aureus produced Staphylococcal enterotoxins. Twenty percent produced enterotoxin A, 25% produced enterotoxin B and 4.7% produced both enterotoxin A and B. The results demonstrated a high level of enterotoxigenic and multi drug resistance S. aureus in skin infections of hospitalized patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, School of Medical Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Imanifooladi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sattari
authors.forename: S Najar
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Peerayeh
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Hossainidoust
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004768:Enterotoxins