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. 1988 Nov;26(11):2427–2428. doi: 10.1128/jcm.26.11.2427-2428.1988

Characterization of staphylococci from patients with toxic shock syndrome.

B Aliu 1, M S Bergdoll 1
PMCID: PMC266907  PMID: 3235670

Abstract

Fifty staphylococcal strains that produced toxic shock syndrome (TSS) toxin 1 and that were isolated from patients with TSS were characterized. One strain had more properties that were characteristic of Staphylococcus hyicus than of Staphylococcus aureus. Forty-four strains had the same properties or differed in only one property. Thirty-five of the 50 strains produced either enterotoxin A or C or both in addition to TSS toxin 1.

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