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Molecular epidemiological characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates originating from food poisoning outbreaks that occurred in Tokyo, Japan.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Oct 2014
Suzuki Yasunori, Omoe Katsuhiko, Hu Dong-Liang, Sato'o Yusuke, Ono Hisaya K, Monma Chie, Arai Teruyoshi, Konishi Noriko, Kato Rei, Hirai Akihiko, Nakama Akiko, Kai Akemi, Kamata Yoichi
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP), one of the commonest food-borne diseases, results from the ingestion of one or more staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) produced in foods by Staphylococcus aureus. In the present study, 203 S. aureus strains originating from 83 outbreaks that had occurred in Tokyo were examined for their coagulase type and genotype of SEs to analyze their molecular epidemiological...
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