Clostridium perfringens type A enterotoxin was specifically detected and readily quantified by indirect and four-layer sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). With the indirect ELISA, enterotoxin was detected in quantities of as low as 2.5 ng (25 ng/ml). When the more sensitive sandwich ELISA procedures was used, 100 pg (1 ng/ml) of enterotoxin was detected. The sandwich ELISA pro...

background: in this study we aimed at detecting the enterotoxin a and b gene of s. aureus in clinical samples of patients attending health centers in zahedan using molecular methods. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out in which 40 samples of s. aureus were obtained from patients in a hospital in zahedan, iran. following the biochemical tests, identifications were conf...

Bacillus cereus sensu lato species, as well as Staphylococcus aureus, are important pathogenic bacteria which can cause foodborne illness through the production of enterotoxins. This study characterised enterotoxin genes of these species and examined growth and enterotoxin production dynamics of isolates when grown in milk or meat-based broth. All B. cereus s. l. isolates harboured nheA, hblA a...

Oxidized and reduced carboxymethylated enterotoxin B was digested with chymotrypsin. The peptides were fractionated on AGl-X2 and Dowex 5OW-X2, and further purified by paper chromatography and electrophoresis. A total of 67 pure peptides was isolated and their sequences were determined completely or partially. These peptides provide important overlaps of tryptic peptides previously isolated and...

Single and double gel-diffusion techniques were employed to examine serologically coagulase-positive staphylococci from cheese for enterotoxigenicity. Supernatant fluid from sac cultures was examined for enterotoxins A and B. The results indicated that 9 of 155 cultures from market cheese and 7 of 77 cultures from food-poisoning cheese produced enterotoxin A, and that none of the cultures produ...

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: International Medical Center of Japan, Toyama 1-21-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan. Fax: +81-3-3202-7181, E-mail: [email protected] Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most important nosocomial pathogens in healthcare facilities. Epidemiological analysis is therefore indispensable for assessing infection control mea...

A new chromatographic procedure was developed which obtained highly purified preparations of staphylococcal enterotoxins B and C1 in yields of 60% from cultures of Staphylococcus aureus and which is faster than any of the separation methods used previously. The procedure involves chromatography on carboxymethylcellulose, removal of alpha-toxin by adsorption to rabbit erythrocyte membranes, and ...