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Staphylococcal Enterotoxins and Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 and Their Association among Bacteremic and Infective Endocarditis Patients in Egypt.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2020
Elsherif Heba M, Helal Zeinab H, El-Ansary Mona R, Fahmy Zeinab A, Eltayeb Wafaa N, Radwan Sahar, Aboshanab Khaled M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a major complication in patients with bacteremia of Staphylococcus (S.) aureus infection. Our aim was to determine the association of the major Staphylococcal superantigens (SAgs), including Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1), among hospitalized patients diagnosed with bacteremia and those with IE. METHODS: This study was conducted...
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