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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2007 | Volume: 10 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 502-505
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.502.505
Detection the Staphylococcus aureus Producing Enterotoxin Isolated from Skin Infections in Hospitalized Patients
A.A. Imanifooladi, M. Sattari, Sh. Najar Peerayeh, Z.M. Hassan and S.R. Hossainidoust

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.

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A.A. Imanifooladi, M. Sattari, Sh. Najar Peerayeh, Z.M. Hassan and S.R. Hossainidoust, 2007. Detection the Staphylococcus aureus Producing Enterotoxin Isolated from Skin Infections in Hospitalized Patients. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 10: 502-505.

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