Determining the Presence of Superantigens in Coagulase Negative Staphylococci from Humans.

ABSTRACT: Superantigens (SAgs) are important virulence factors in S. aureus. Recent studies identified their presence in animal coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS). The emergence of human-associated SAg+ CNS would mark a prodigious shift in virulence capabilities. We examined CNS isolates from healthy human nares and diseased individuals, and determined that no known SAgs were present.

SUBMITTER: Stach CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4658126 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature