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Staphylococcal Food Poisoning Case and Molecular Analysis of Toxin Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Food in Sicily, Italy
10 Nov 2014
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A case of staphylococcal food poisoning was observed in two individuals of the same family after consumption of primosale, a semiripened sheep cheese produced in Sicily. Staphylococcus aureus isolated from the cheese produced enterotoxin C (SEC) and carried both the enterotoxin C (sec) and the toxic shock syndrome toxin (tsst-1) gene. Following this case, an extensive survey was conducted on 971 food samples (raw...
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