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Membrane damaging toxins from coagulase-negative staphylococcus are associated with self-reported temporomandibular disorder (TMD) in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Metcalf, Lee N.;  McGregor, Neil R.;  Roberts, Timothy K.
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Aim: To assess whether there is any association between membrane damaging toxin production by Staphylococcus spp. and self-reported TMD symptom expression in a group of patients selected to have CFS. Methods: Thirty-three defined Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) patients and 33 ageand sex-matched controls were assessed to evaluate the relationship between carriage of membrane damaging toxin producing staphylococcus, CFS and temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) symptoms. Results: The CFS patients had an increased prevalence of face pain (Odds Ratio = 21.0, 95% CL 4.2-106, P < .001) and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) clicking/locking (OR = 5.7, 95% CL 1.423.5, P < .007), and the coagulase-negative staphylococcus maximum% B*-toxin haemolysis per patient. Both multivariate and univariate analyses revealed an association between the membrane damaging o*-toxin producing CoNS (MDT-CoNS) species per subject and face pain prevalence and intensity within both the CFS patients and the control subjects. No association was found between CoNS toxin production and TMJ clicking/locking. Importantly, áand B*-toxin production by CoNS was associated with patient reporting of arthritis. Conclusions: These data confirm the original observations of the association between MDTCoNS and facial muscle pain (Butt et al, 1998; McGregor et al, 2003). These data also suggest that MDT-CoNS associated facial muscle pain expression represents a distinct clinical entity, which has an increased prevalence in CFS patients.
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Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Vol. 12, Issue 3, p. 25-43
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J092v12n03_03
Date
2004
Publisher
The Haworth Medical Press
Keyword(s)
staphylococcal toxins;  staphylococcal haemolysins;  bacterial toxins;  pain aetiology;  myofascial pain syndrome;  chronic fatigue syndrome;  TMD pain
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journal article
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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/27281
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ISSN:1057-3321
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