Multiple Roles of Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxins: Pathogenicity, Superantigenic Activity, and Correlation to Antibiotic Resistance

E Ortega, H Abriouel, R Lucas, A Gálvez - Toxins, 2010 - mdpi.com
Heat-stable enterotoxins are the most notable virulence factors associated with
Staphylococcus aureus, a common pathogen associated with serious community and …

Diversity in Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins

D Thomas, S Chou, O Dauwalder, G Lina - Superantigens and …, 2007 - karger.com
The molecular mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus phathogenicity is complex and
involves several toxins, including the famous staphylococcal enterotoxin (SE) and toxic …

[PDF][PDF] Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins: a key in airway disease?

C Bachert, P Gevaert, P Van Cauwenberge - Allergy, 2002 - academia.edu
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), one of three pathogenic species of the Gram-positive
cocci, is often found as part of the normal microflora of the human skin, the upper respiratory …

Superantigens and nasal polyps

C Bachert, T Van Zele, P Gevaert… - Current allergy and …, 2003 - Springer
Nasal polyps represent an often severe T-cell-orchestrated eosinophilic upper airway
disease with currently unknown pathogenesis, often associated with lower airway disease …

Staphylococcus aureus superantigens and airway disease

C Bachert, P Gevaert, P Cauwenberge - Current allergy and asthma …, 2002 - Springer
Twenty-five percent of the population are permanent carriers of Staphylococcus aureus,
possibly producing a variety of toxins with superantigenic properties. Staphylococcal …

Superantigens: the good, the bad, and the ugly

BA Torres, S Kominsky, GQ Perrin… - Experimental …, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Increasing evidence suggests that superantigens play a role in Immune-mediated diseases.
Superantigens are potent activators of CD4* T cells, causing rapid and massive proliferation …

Comparative inflammatory properties of staphylococcal superantigenic enterotoxins SEA and SEG: implications for septic shock

O Dauwalder, D Thomas, T Ferry… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The severity of Staphylococcus aureus sepsis is positively associated with staphylococcal
enterotoxin A (SEA) and negatively associated with the enterotoxin gene cluster (egc), which …

Staphylococcus aureus.

GC Stewart - Foodborne pathogens: microbiology and molecular …, 2005 - cabdirect.org
Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of confirmed bacterial foodborne disease
worldwide. Food poisoning episodes are characterized by symptoms of vomiting and …

Inflammatory mechanisms underlying the rat pulmonary neutrophil influx induced by airway exposure to staphylococcal enterotoxin type A

IA Desouza, CF Franco‐Penteado… - British journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Association between staphylococcal infection and pathogenesis of upper airways disease
has been reported. This study aimed to investigate the mechanisms underlying the rat …

Staphylococcal enterotoxins

S Zhang, GC Stewart - Staphylococcus aureus Infection and Disease, 2001 - Springer
Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of confirmed bacterial food borne disease in the
United States. 1 After an incubation period of 30 minutes to 8 hours, consumption of …