Clonal study of enterotoxin-B producing strains ofStaphylococcus aureus
- 1 February 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 112 (3) , 501-511
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268800051207
Abstract
Summary: Sixty-nineStaphylococcus aureusstrains. 39 of which produced staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB + ) and 14 of which were associated with toxic shock (TS + ), were studied using the following markers: serotyping, phage typing, antibiotyping. ribotyping, zymotyping and pulsed-field electrophoresis typing. Analysis of the results showed that the enterotoxin B producing strains were derived from at least three clones: the first two consisted of methicillin-susceptible strains, while the third included the methicillin-resistant (MRSA) strains. TS+ strains of non-genital origin appeared to be distributed between the three clones, with no specific characters.Keywords
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