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enterotoxin

[en´ter-o-tok″sin]

a toxin specifically affecting cells of the intestinal mucosa, causing vomiting and diarrhea, such as those elaborated by species of Bacillus, Clostridium, Escherichia, Staphylococcus, and Vibrio.

en·ter·o·tox·in

(en'tĕr-ō-tok'sin),

A cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa.

enterotoxin

(ĕn′tə-rō-tŏk′sĭn)

Any of various bacterially produced toxins that specifically affect intestinal cells and cause vomiting and diarrhea, as in staphylococcal food poisoning and cholera.

enterotoxin

Infectious disease A toxin with a direct effect on the intestinal mucosa, eliciting net fluid secretion; the 'classic' enterotoxin is cholera toxin, which evokes intestinal fluid secretion, by activating adenylate cyclase. See Endotoxin, Exotoxin.

en·ter·o·tox·in

(en'tĕr-ō-tok'sin)

A cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa.

enterotoxin

Any bacterial toxin that damages intestinal tissue and causes diarrhoea and vomiting, the signs of food poisoning.

Enterotoxin

A type of harmful protein released by bacteria and other disease agents that affects the tissues lining the intestines.

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Staphylococcal enterotoxin genes of classical and new types detected by PCR in France.

Molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from hospital and community environments in northeastern Brazil

Food poisoning and Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins. Toxins, 2: 1751-1773.

Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus from Sore Throat Patients: Association Among Host Immune Evasion and Toxin Genes

aureus isolates were subjected to mPCR technique to target the enterotoxin genes, sea, seb, and seg.

Molecular Characterization and Genotyping Study of Food Poisoning Staphylococcus aureus, Isolated from Raw Milk and Milk Products in Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq

ETEC strain infections that produce STa enterotoxin alone or STa plus LT enterotoxins tend to be more severe than those caused by ETEC strains producing LT alone (13).

From Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin to mammalian endogenous guanylin hormones

Toxin detection kits are commercially available and can detect staphylococcal enterotoxins A through E directly from food.

Outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning from a military unit lunch party--United States, July 2012

Mechanism of toxin secretion by Vibrio cholerae investigated in strains harboring plasmids that encode heat-labile enterotoxins of Escherichia coli.

Cholera toxin--a foe & a friend

Fueyo JM, Mendoza MC, Martin MC (2005) Enterotoxins and toxic shock syndrome toxin in Staphylococcus aureus recovered from human nasal carriers and manually handled foods: epidemiological and genetic findings.

Multiplex PCR for detection of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus isolated from food of animal origin in South of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil/PCR multiplex para deteccao de Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxigenicos isolados de alimentos de origem animal no Sul Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil

Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin (STa, 1 [micro]mol [l.sup.-1], Sigma, Missouri; Giannella, 1995; Krause et al., 1997) was used as a stimulator of the type-C plasma membrane guanylyl cyclase receptor (Wong and Garbers, 1992; Mayhan, 2000; Chen et al., 2001; see also Schulz, 1992, for review).

Cyclic guanosine monophosphate signaling cascade mediates pigment aggregation in freshwater shrimp chromatophores

coli strains secreted a novel heat-stable enterotoxin and/or a heat-labile enterotoxin resembling cholera toxin, which accounted for their virulence.

The rise and rise of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

aureus colonization and identification of enterotoxins A, B, C, or D.

S. aureus may contribute to psoriasis severity

Tomi, M.D., and Elisabeth Aberer, M.D., of Karl Franzens University in Graz, Austria, theorized that enterotoxins might act as superantigens in stimulating dysfunction within T-cells and keratinocytes, triggering psoriasis.