| staphylococcal food poisoning caused by staphylococcus argenteus harboring staphylococcal enterotoxin genes. | staphylococcal food poisoning (sfp) is caused by staphylococcal enterotoxins (ses) preformed in food materials. se genes are encoded on mobile genetic elements and are widely found across staphylococcus species including s. argenteus, although most sfp cases are caused by s. aureus. s. argenteus, recently discriminated from s. aureus as a novel species, are non-pigmented staphylococci phenotypically related to s. aureus. in 2014 and 2015, two independent food poisoning cases occurred in osaka, j ... | 2018 | 29112896 |