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Enterotoxin gene content in Staphylococcus aureus from the human intestinal tract.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Jul 2009
Lis Elzbieta, Korzekwa Kamila, Bystroń Jarosław, Zarczyńska Agnieszka, Dabrowska Anna, Molenda Jerzy, Bania Jacek
Abstract excerpt
Enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus has been associated with staphylococcal food poisoning, which in a number of patients is accompanied by gastroenteritis. It has also been found to persist asymptomatically in the human intestinal tract, being considered one of the sources of pathogen transmission to manually handled food. However, very little is known about the incidence and enterotoxigenicity of intestinal...
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