Open AccessPrevalence of enterotoxin a and b genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical samples and healthy carriers in Gorgan City, North of Iran
Author(s) -
Farideh Kamarehei,
Ezzat Allah Ghaemi,
Teena Dadgar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.120388
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , enterotoxin , microbiology and biotechnology , polymerase chain reaction , virulence , superantigen , gene , biology , bacteria , genetics , escherichia coli
Infections due to Staphylococcus aureus, a nosocomial and community-acquired pathogen, is a major public health problem. Wide range of diseases caused by S. aureus from mild infections of the skin and soft tissue to life threatening diseases which is due to having several virulence factors such as enzymes, toxins and also enterotoxins. Enterotoxin A (SEA) and enterotoxin B (SEB) are superantigens and gastrointestinal toxins causing food poisoning. The sea and seb genes encode SEA and SEB, respectively. The goal of this study was determine the prevalence of sea and seb genes in S. aureus isolated from patients and healthy carriers in Gorgan city, north of Iran.