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Evaluation of the Frequency of Enterotoxin A (SEA) and Enterotoxin B (SEB) Genes in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in Rafsanjan, Iran
- Source :
- Avicenna Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 118-121 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Maad Rayan Publishing Company, 2019.
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Abstract
- Background: Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most important human pathogens that produces a wide range of toxins and causes various diseases. Staphylococcal enterotoxin is the most common cause of food poisoning. In addition, S. aureus enterotoxins are classified into 18 serotypes A to U based on serological and biological properties. Methods: The samples were isolated from clinical specimens and identified by routine bacteriological methods. The isolated S. aureus was evaluated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of the genes encoding SEA and SEA. Results: Based on the PCR results, 3 isolates possessed the enterotoxins B (SEB) gene while none of them showed enterotoxins A (SEA) gene. Conclusions: The obtained results revealed that the clinical samples might be a potential source of the enterotoxigenic strains of S. aureus.
- Subjects :
- staphylococcus aureus
0301 basic medicine
Serotype
030106 microbiology
Human pathogen
Enterotoxin
Biology
medicine.disease_cause
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Serology
Microbiology
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
pcr
law
medicine
lcsh:RC109-216
030212 general & internal medicine
Gene
Polymerase chain reaction
enterotoxin b
Food poisoning
enterotoxin a
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Staphylococcus aureus
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23830301 and 23830298
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Avicenna Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4aaa87e965f1e9f1549f65abc2cde885