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 …

This review begins with a discussion of the large family of Staphylococcus aureus and beta-
hemolytic streptococcal pyrogenic toxin T lymphocyte superantigens from structural and …

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a febrile pediatric inflammatory
disease that may develop weeks after initial SARS-CoV-2 infection or exposure. MIS-C …

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a hyperinflammatory syndrome
associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, shares clinical features with toxic shock syndrome …

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 is a
newly recognized condition in children with recent severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Bacterial sepsis and septic shock result from the overproduction of inflammatory mediators
as a consequence of the interaction of the immune system with bacteria and bacterial wall …

▪ Abstract Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is an acute onset illness characterized by fever, rash
formation, and hypotension that can lead to multiple organ failure and lethal shock, as well …

Staphylococcus aureus produces a virulence factor, protein A (SpA), that contains five
homologous Ig-binding domains. The interactions of SpA with the Fab region of membrane …

Natural killer T (NKT) cells recognize glycolipid antigens presented by the MHC class I–
related glycoprotein CD1d. The in vivo dynamics of the NKT cell population in response to …

Microbial Superantigens are a family of protein exotoxins that share the ability to trigger
excessive and aberrant activation of T cells. The best characterised are the staphylococcal …