Staphylococcal enterotoxin A has potent superantigenic and emetic activities but not diarrheagenic activity

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 88-95

  Maina, Edward K ^a   Hu, Dong Liang ^a   Tsuji, Takao ^b   Omoe, Katsuhiko ^c   Nakane, Akio ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Emesis; House musk shrew; Staphylococcal enterotoxin; Superantigen

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD POISONING; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE LOOP; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWELLING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMETICS; ENTEROTOXINS; MALE; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHREWS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 84858796649     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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