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. 1987 Oct;25(10):2028–2029. doi: 10.1128/jcm.25.10.2028-2029.1987

Evaluation of coagulase-negative staphylococci for ability to produce toxic shock syndrome toxin 1.

B N Kreiswirth 1, P M Schlievert 1, R P Novick 1
PMCID: PMC269397  PMID: 3117846

Abstract

A large and diverse group of coagulase-negative staphylococci were assayed for the ability to produce toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1) by immunological reactivity, and whole-cell DNAs from 33 of these strains were hybridized with a TSST-1-specific gene probe. None of the strains tested, including isolates that have been reported as TSST-1+, produced the exotoxin, and no DNA homology was found with the gene probe.

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