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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2007, p. 2704-2707, Vol. 45, No. 8
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02295-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Vaginal Staphylococcus aureus Superantigen Profile Shift from 1980 and 1981 to 2003, 2004, and 2005{triangledown}

Patrick M. Schlievert,1* Laura C. Case,1 Kristi L. Strandberg,1 Timothy J. Tripp,1 Ying-Chi Lin,2 and Marnie L. Peterson2

Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School,1 Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Minneapolis, Minnesota 554552

Received 12 November 2006/ Returned for modification 21 February 2007/ Accepted 17 May 2007

We determined vaginal Staphylococcus aureus superantigens. Staphylococci were quantified from tampons/diaphragms in 2003 to 2005, with counts compared to those determined in 1980 and 1981. In 2003 to 2005, more women were colonized than in 1980 and 1981 (23 versus 12%). Enterotoxins G and I and enterotoxin-like superantigens M and N declined, but enterotoxin-like superantigens K, L, and Q increased.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Room 960, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Phone: (612) 24-1484. Fax: (612) 626-0623. E-mail: schli001{at}umn.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 30 May 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2007, p. 2704-2707, Vol. 45, No. 8
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02295-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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