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Spontaneous occurrence of Staphylococcus aureus mutants with different pigmentation and ability to produce toxic shock syndrome toxin 1.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 22 ·No. 2 ·1985-08-00 ·Pages 308-9

Lee AC, Bergdoll MS

Abstract

Spontaneous mutants that have pigmentation different than that of their parents were isolated from three Staphylococcus aureus strains associated with toxic shock syndrome. These mutants produced toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 in amounts varying from less than 0.05 to greater than 25 times that produced by the parents. The occurrence of nonpigmented variants may be overlooked if only one isolate from a patient with toxic shock syndrome is selected for analysis.

MeSH Terms
Bacterial Toxins Enterotoxins/biosynthesis Female Humans Mutation Pigmentation Shock, Septic/microbiology Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology Staphylococcus aureus/genetics,metabolism Superantigens
Chemicals
Bacterial Toxins Enterotoxins Superantigens enterotoxin F, Staphylococcal
Authors & Affiliations
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Lee A C
Bergdoll M S
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.22.2.308-309.1985
Published
1985-08-00
Pages
308-9
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC268383
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.22.2.308-309.1985 PMC Full Text View journal details
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