Further evidence for staphylococcal food poisoning outbreaks caused by egc-Encoded enterotoxins

Toxins

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 997-1004

  Johler, Sophia ^a   Giannini, Petra ^b   Jermini, Marco ^b   Hummerjohann, Jörg ^c   Baumgartner, Andreas ^d   Stephan, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Cantonal Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Food Science Agroscope   (Switzerland)

^d FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY AND VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Enterotoxin; Outbreak investigation; Seg; Sei; Staphylococcal food poisoning; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; BACTERIAL DNA; ENTEROTOXIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIARRHEA; DNA MICROARRAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; SEG GENE; SEI GENE; SEM GENE; SEN GENE; SEO GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VERY ELDERLY; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GOAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RISK FACTOR;

CAPRA HIRCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; CHEESE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; GOATS; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84928128636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins7030997     Document Type: Article

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