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enterotoxin

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enterotoxin [‚ent·ə·rō′täk·sən]
(microbiology)
A toxin produced byMicrococcus pyogenesvar.aureus(Staphylococcus aureus) which gives rise to symptoms of food poisoning in humans and monkeys.


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of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University fed the mice with a mixture of whole peanut extract (WPE) and a toxin from the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, called staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) to simulate the human anaphylactic reaction to peanuts in mice.
In her studies, Medina focused on Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins A (SEA) and B (SEB).
Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases from 1989 to 2002 showed that three laboratory workers had symptoms after ocular exposure to staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB).
 
 
 
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