PCR detection of Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) N, O, P, Q, R, U, and survey of SE types in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from food-poisoning cases in Taiwan

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-73

  Chiang, Yu Cheng ^a   Liao, Wan Wen ^a   Fan, Chin Ming ^a   Pai, Wan Yu ^a   Chiou, Chien Shun ^b   Tsen, Hau Yang ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enterotoxin and superantigen genotypes; Food poisoning cases; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN N; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN O; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN P; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN Q; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN R; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN U; SUPERANTIGEN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FOOD POISONING; GENOTYPE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAIWAN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAIWAN;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 37449004195     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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