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Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by a Strain of Staphylococcus aureus That Produces Enterotoxin C but Not Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1
Munir F. Rizkallah, MD;
Asad Tolaymat, MD;
Jose S. Martinez, MD;
Patrick M. Schlievert, PhD;
Elia M. Ayoub, MD
Am J Dis Child. 1989;143(7):848-849.
Abstract
• 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)
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville (Drs Rizkallah and Ayoub); the University Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla (Drs Tolaymat and Martinez); and the Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Dr Schlievert).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication February 13, 1989.
Reprint requests to Box J296, JHMHC, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 (Dr Ayoub).
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