Staphylococcal enterotoxin genes are common in Staphylococcus aureus intestinal flora in Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and live comparison infants

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-155

  Highet, Amanda R ^a,b   Goldwater, Paul N ^a,b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enterotoxins; PCR; Staphylococcus aureus; Sudden infant death; Toxaemia

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN C; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN E; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN G; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN H; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN J; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 70349670945     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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