Search for dissertations about: "toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 TSST-1"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 TSST-1.
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1. Staphylococcus aureus toxins - Influence on food safety and animal health
Abstract : Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a notorious opportunistic foodborne pathogen and also a common cause of bovine mastitis. It is known to produce many different virulence factors, including various staphylococcal enterotoxins and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1). READ MORE
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2. Interleukin 15 and 17 in Staphylococcus aureus arthritis
Abstract : Staphylococcus aureus–induced arthritis leads to severe joint destruction and high mortality despite antibiotic treatment. Thus, there is a need to identify new treatment targets in addition to antibiotic therapy. Interleukin (IL)-15 has been implicated both in osteoclastogenesis and in bacterial clearance – two important issues in S. READ MORE
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3. Staphylococcus aureus in the infantile bowel flora
Abstract : The increasingly hygienic life-style in Western societies may not only have reduced infections, but may also have altered the composition of the commensal microflora, which may, in turn, have predisposed to e.g. allergy development. Here we investigated the first year s intestinal colonization pattern of a Swedish birth-cohort. READ MORE
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4. The immunomodulatory function of staphylococcal superantigen on oral tolerance
Abstract : Exposure to soluble proteins via the gut gives rise to systemic tolerance, a phenomenon called oral tolerance. Failure of oral tolerance results in allergy, a disease that has increased during the last decades in Western industrialized countries. The cause of this rapid increase is unknown. READ MORE