Detection of low-enterotoxin-producing Staphylococcus aureus strains

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1987 Nov;53(11):2675-6. doi: 10.1128/aem.53.11.2675-2676.1987.

Abstract

Culture supernatant fluids from 26 (23.6%) monkey feeding test-positive Staphylococcus aureus strains, negative for enterotoxins by gel diffusion, were positive by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for one or more of the identified enterotoxins. Staphylococcal enterotoxin D (SED) was produced by 23 (88.5%) strains, SED and SEA were produced in two strains, and SED and SEC were produced in one strain. One strain produced only SEA, and two strains produced only SEC.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Enterotoxins / biosynthesis*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Humans
  • Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism*

Substances

  • Enterotoxins
  • enterotoxin D, Staphylococcal
  • enterotoxin A, Staphylococcal
  • enterotoxin C, staphylococcal