Staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP) is one of the most common food-borne diseases and
results from the ingestion of staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) preformed in food by …

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a Gram positive bacterium that is carried by about one
third of the general population and is responsible for common and serious diseases. These …

The bacterial superantigens are protein toxins that bind to major histocompatibility complex
class II and T‐cell receptor to stimulate large numbers of T cells. The majority are produced …

Background. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies were normally not found in
subjects who have not been immunized by pregnancies, transfusions, or transplants. But …

Heat-stable enterotoxins are the most notable virulence factors associated with
Staphylococcus aureus, a common pathogen associated with serious community and …

Superantigens (SAgs) are a family of potent immunostimulatory exotoxins known to be
produced by only a few bacterial pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus. More than …

Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococci) are Gram‐
positive pathogens capable of producing a variety of bacterial exotoxins known as …

Staphylococcal enterotoxins are a wide family of bacterial exotoxins with the capacity to
activate as much as 20% of the host T cells, which is why they were called superantigens …

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules display peptides to the T cell
receptor (TCR). The ability of the TCR to discriminate foreign from self-peptides presented …

Superantigens (SAgs) are a family of highly potent mitogens that share the ability to trigger
excessive stimulation of human and other mammalian T lymphocytes. This leads to a …