Persistence survey of Toxic Shock Syndrome toxin-1 producing Staphylococcus aureus and serum antibodies to this superantigen in five groups of menstruating women

BACKGROUND: Menstrual Toxic Shock Syndrome (mTSS) is thought to be associated with the vaginal colonization with specific strains of Staphylococcus aureus TSST-1 in women who lack sufficient antibody titers to this toxin. There are no published studies that examine the seroconversion in women with v...

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Autores principales: Parsonnet, Jeffrey, Hansmann, Melanie A, Seymour, Jon L, Delaney, Mary L, DuBois, Andrea M, Modern, Paul A, Jones, Michaelle B, Wild, John E, Onderdonk, Andrew B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2936898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20731864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-249

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