Staphylococcus Aureus Enterotoxin Sensitization Is Associated With Allergic Poly-sensitization and Allergic Multimorbidity in Adolescents

M Sorensen, C Klingenberg, M Wickman. Allergy. 2017;72(10):1548–1555 In the authors’ previous study (Tromso Study Fit Futures 2) an association was found between nasal Staphylococcus aureus carriage and allergic morbidity in adolescent patients. The authors sought to determine the relationship between S aureus enterotoxin (SE) sensitization with both allergic polysensitization and allergic disease. A total of 1208 high school students were invited to partake in the study, and 868 (71.9%) ultimately participated. Students had been previously recruited in 2010–2011 to the authors’ initial cohort and some had participated in the original …