Article
Frequency of the toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 gene in methicillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from teaching hospitals in Shiraz, Iran.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Motamedifar Mohammad, Ebrahim-Saraie Hadi Sedigh, Alfatemi Seyedeh Mahsan Hoseini, Zalipour Mehrdad, Kaveh Mohammad, Khoshkharam-Roodmajani Hossein
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Staphylococcus aureus produces a range of virulence factors such as toxic shock syndrome toxin-1. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study of 345 clinical S. aureus isolates, the presence of the tst gene was assessed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). RESULTS: The study revealed 53/345 (15.4%) isolates were positive for the tst gene. The tst gene was present in 18.1% of methicillin-susceptible S....
Topics
- Bacterial Toxins
- DNA, Bacterial
- Enterotoxins
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Hospitals, Teaching
- Humans
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Superantigens
- Virulence Factors