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A1 Rizkallah MF, Tolaymat A, Martinez JS, Schlievert PM, Ayoub EM
T1 TOxic shock syndrome caused by a strain of staphylococcus aureus that produces enterotoxin c but not toxic shock syndrome toxin-1
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1989
FD July 1
VO 143
IS 7
SP 848
OP 849
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150190098031
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150190098031
AB • An 8-month-old infant presented with pneumonia and pleural effusion associated with clinical manifestation of toxic shock syndrome. A Staphylococcus aureus strain isolated from the pleural fluid produced enterotoxin C, but not toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 or other enterotoxins. Acute and convalescent sera showed an antibody rise to enterotoxin C but not to toxic shock syndrome toxin-1. These findings support the possibility that enterotoxin C was the primary toxin associated with this infant's illness.(AJDC. 1989;143:848-849)