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Enterotoxin production, phage typing and serotyping of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from clinical materials and food

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

A. K. Melconian ,
Y. Brun  and
J. Fleurette
A. K. Melconian
Affiliation:
Faculté de Médecine Alexis Carrel, rue Guillaume Paradin, F-69372 Lyon Cédex 2 (France)
Y. Brun
Affiliation:
Faculté de Médecine Alexis Carrel, rue Guillaume Paradin, F-69372 Lyon Cédex 2 (France)
J. Fleurette
Affiliation:
Faculté de Médecine Alexis Carrel, rue Guillaume Paradin, F-69372 Lyon Cédex 2 (France)
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The production of enterotoxins A, B, C and F by strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from various clinical sources and from isolates implicated in food poisoning was investigated.

One hundred and ninety one of the 374 clinical strains (51·1%) were found to be enterotoxigenic; of these, 81 (27·7 %) strains produced enterotoxin A, 57 (15·3 %) strains produced enterotoxin B, 23 (6·2 %) strains produced enterotoxin C, and 64 (17·1 %) strains produced enterotoxin F. These enterotoxigenic strains were most frequently lysed by phages of group III (21·5%) or were not typable (22%).

Eighteen of the 29 strains implicated in food poisoning were enterotoxigenic.

The correlation of antigens and bacteriophage patterns with enterotoxigenicity was determined: enterotoxin A being related to a4 antigen, enterotoxin B to phages of 94/96 complex with c1, o antigens, and enterotoxin F to phages of group I with 2632, k1k2, m antigens.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 91 , Issue 2 , October 1983 , pp. 235 - 242
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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