Involvement of coagulase-negative staphylococci in toxic shock syndrome
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Nonproduction of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 by coagulase-negative staphylococci.
We tested 187 strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) for the production of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1). A total of 111 CNS strains were isolated from the tampons of menstruating women and 74 were isolated from unused tampons. Two strains were isolated from the genital tract of a patient with toxic shock syndrome. Strains were cultivated by the membrane-over-agar method to e...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.23.1.43-45.1986