Detection the Staphylococcus aureus producing enterotoxin isolated from skin infections in hospitalized patients

• Published in: Pakistan journal of biological sciences Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 502 - 505
• Main Authors: Imanifooladi, A A, Sattari, M, Peerayeh, S Najar, Hassan, Z M, Hossainidoust, S R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pakistan 01.02.2007
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Enterotoxins - analysis; Enterotoxins - biosynthesis; Hospitalization; Humans; Skin Diseases, Infectious - drug therapy; Skin Diseases, Infectious - metabolism; Skin Diseases, Infectious - microbiology; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Staphylococcus aureus - metabolism
• ISSN: 1028-8880
• DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.502.505

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that produces a wide array of toxins, thus causing various type of disease symptoms. Staphyloceccal enterotoxins (SES), a family of 9 major serological types of heat-stable enterotoxins, are a main cause of gastroenteritis and skin infection. In this study to determine the extent of enterotoxin-producing S. aureus in skin infections of hospitalized patients, their samples were screened and the results showed that 42% of totally 200 patients studied in this research carried S. aureus and 45% of these S. aureus produced Staphylococcal enterotoxins. Twenty percent produced enterotoxin A, 25% produced enterotoxin B and 4.7% produced both enterotoxin A and B. The results demonstrated a high level of enterotoxigenic and multi drug resistance S. aureus in skin infections of hospitalized patients.