enterotoxin
- noun
- /ˌɛntəroʊˈtɒksɪn/
- Specialized
:
enterotoxina
- Review of food-handling procedures revealed that one batch of cooked taco meat was left at room temperature for four hours before being refrigerated, providing sufficient time and temperature for bacterial growth and the production of enterotoxin.
- preformed enterotoxin
- staphylococcal enterotoxin
- produce enterotoxin
Examples
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Approximately 10% of those with these complaints develop pseudomembranous colitis, which is caused by enterotoxin-producing Clostridium difficile.
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It would have taken several hours for the bacteria to multiply and produce enough enterotoxin to make people ill, and this might explain why fundraiser food did not cause illness again until after 5:00 p.m.
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We considered it possible that this reduction could have been due to neutralization of the enterotoxin produced by S. enterica.
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This result suggests that preformed enterotoxin was present in at least some of the taco meat when it was reheated at the church.
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This four-hour period provided ample time for S. aureus to multiply and produce enterotoxin.
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Staphylococcal isolates from food samples were enterotoxigenic, and preformed enterotoxin was detected in a taco sample.
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Food samples were tested for the presence of preformed staphylococcal enterotoxins with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (1).
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Preformed staphylococcal enterotoxin was detected both in taco samples that were treated with urea and zinc acetate and in those not treated, but was not detected in the Spanish rice sample.
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FDA also treated the food samples with urea and zinc acetate, which enabled the detection of preformed enterotoxin that had been altered by heat but was still biologically active (2, 3).
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Illness caused by S. aureus enterotoxin is characterized by severe nausea, vomiting, cramps, and diarrhea.
Synonyms
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5.3
A poisonous substance that some animals, plants, or bacteria make
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3.9
A poisonous substance made by bacteria that they release or keep inside their cells
A poison some bacteria make and send out from their cells
Compounds
- Specialized
A poison made by some staph bacteria that makes people sick after they eat bad food
A poison made by a kind of bacteria that can make people very sick
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enterotoxin combines the root entero- meaning 'intestine' and toxin meaning 'poison', so it literally means a 'poison of the intestine'. That's why an enterotoxin is a toxin made by bacteria that targets the intestines and often causes gut problems such as diarrhea.