Staphylococcal enterotoxin genes are common in<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>intestinal flora in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and live comparison infants

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Pathological and epidemiological findings in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) suggest an infectious aetiology with indications of involvement of staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs). While SEA, SEB and SEC have been found in the sera and tissues of SIDS cases, little is known about the role of intestinal Staphylococcus aureus or the roles of later-described toxins SEE, SEG, SEH, SEI and SEJ in SIDS. We used a...

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