Production of enterotoxins and toxic shock syndrome toxin by Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine mastitis in Brazil

Authors
Cardoso, HFT Silva, N Sena, MJ Carmo, LS
Citation
Hft. Cardoso et al., Production of enterotoxins and toxic shock syndrome toxin by Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine mastitis in Brazil, LETT APPL M, 29(5), 1999, pp. 347-349
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Biotecnology & Applied Microbiology",Microbiology
Journal title
LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
02668254 → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
347 - 349
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(199911)29:5<347:POEATS>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The production of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1) and enterotoxins (S E) A, B, C and D by bovine mastitis isolates of Staphylococcus aureus was e valuated by immunodiffusion using the Optimum-Sensitivity Plate method. S. aureus strains were isolated from bovine mastitis in 23 dairy herds in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, during 1994-9. Of 127 isolates, 83 (65.04%) produced one or several toxins, and among them production of SE was found i n 54 (43.0%) isolates, of which 1138 (29.09%) secreted enterotoxin identifi ed as type D. TSST-1 was found in 5829 (45.723.0%) isolates.