Alpha Toxin from Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcal Toxins
Staphylococcus aureus is a common commensal of the skin and mucosal membranes which causes significant illness worldwide through production of numerous Staphylococcal toxins. Food poisoning can result from consumption of foods containing preformed enterotoxins, SEA, SEB, SEC, SED and SEE resulting from Staphylococcal organisms. Other illnesses caused by this organism inclu