Staphylococcus aureus Toxins Update: Detection, Prevention, and Response to Foodborne Outbreaks
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 162
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food pathogens; milk products; food microbiology; Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli; STEC; Staphylococcus aureus; staphylococcal enterotoxins; mycotoxins; aflatoxins; ochratoxins
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Interests: hygiene of foods of animal origin
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Staphylococcus aureus is a highly versatile pathogen, and is widely prevalent in nature. It is found in environmental materials (e.g., dust, water, air, faeces) and is part of the normal bacterial flora of mammals. S. aureus is also an important food-borne pathogen. Staphylococcal food poisoning is caused by the ingestion of food containing one or more preformed enterotoxins (SEs) produced by S. aureus. There are several classes of enterotoxins, as well as new types of enterotoxins and staphylococcal-like proteins. S. aureus SEH toxins have clearly been involved in food poisoning outbreaks, whereas S. aureus SEG, SEI, SER, SES, and SET are involved in more or less emetic outbreaks, with a possible incidence in food safety. TSST-1, the toxic shock staphylococcal toxin, lacks emetic activity. TSST-1 causes toxic shock syndrome (TSS), a potentially fatal condition. The symptoms include high fever, rash, the desquamation of the skin one to two weeks after onset, hypotension, and the failure of multiple organs. S. aureus and its toxins can also cause severe animal diseases, such as suppurative disease, arthritis, and urinary tract infections. This pathogen and its toxins are also frequent causative agents of clinical or subclinical mastitis in ruminants.
This Special Issue of Toxins, entitled “Staphylococcus aureus toxins Update: Detection, Prevention, and Response to Foodborne Outbreaks” invites works (research or reviews) on the current state of knowledge of the subject.
Prof. Dr. Alexander Govaris
Dr. Andreana Pexara
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Staphylococcus aureus
- enterotoxins
- foodborne toxicosis
- food-borne disease
- S. aureus toxins
- TSST-1
- outbreaks
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