Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is a genuine opportunistic pathogen of the skin, especially in canids. However, characterisation of virulence, antimicrobial resistance and genotypic variability in methicillin-susceptible S. pseudintermedius isolates has not been fully explored. In this study, coagulase-positive staphylococcal isolates collected from dogs of various breeds and ages suffering fro...

AIMS To investigate the hypothesis that commonly occurring bacterial toxins cause sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by (1), determining in which tissues bacterial toxins are concentrated after intravenous injection in rats; and (2), seeing if the same tissues contain detectable toxins in cases of SIDS. METHODS The tissue distribution of intravenously injected staphylococcal enterotoxin A (S...

Extraction, concentration, and serological detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins from foods are laborious and time consuming. By exposing food extracts to an insoluble matrix tagged with specific anti-enterotoxin B, we have been able to recover the toxin from foods in a sensitive and rapid way. After mixing the reagents for 2 h at room temperature, immunoglobulin G antibodies were attached t...

The superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) requires interaction with class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules to activate T cells. We have previously used the synthetic peptide approach to establish one side of the hypothetical class II foreign-antigen binding cleft, alpha-helical region 65-85 of the beta chain, as a binding site involved in accessory cell presentation...

Submitted by kzhang on Mon, 09/08/2014 4:24pm Title Highly sensitive microplate chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay for the determination of staphylococcal enterotoxin B based on a pair of specific monoclonal antibodies and its application to various matrices. Publication Type Journal Article Year of Publication 2010 Authors Liu, F, Li, Y, Song, C, Dong, B, Liu, Z, Zhang, K, Li, H, Sun, Y, Wei...

published by kzhang on Mon, 09/08/2014 4:24pm Title Highly sensitive microplate chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay for the determination of staphylococcal enterotoxin B based on a pair of specific monoclonal antibodies and its application to various matrices. Publication Type Journal Article Year of Publication 2010 Authors Liu, F, Li, Y, Song, C, Dong, B, Liu, Z, Zhang, K, Li, H, Sun, Y, Wei...