Staphylococcus aureus

Toxin-Produced SyndromesStaphylococcal GastroenteritisAlthough gastroenteritis can be caused by massive overgrowth of viable organisms, most cases are caused by the ingestion of foods containing preformed toxin.62 The toxin itself is not produced by Staph. aureus within the gastrointestinal tract.The Toxic-Shock SyndromeThe toxic-shock syndrome is almost certainly the result of in vivo production of a toxin at the site of localized, often relatively asymptomatic or unnoticed infection with a strain of Staph. aureus capable of toxin production.63 Enterotoxin F has been one of the putative toxins in the syndrome64; the other has been pyrogenic exotoxin C,65 which . . .