S. aureus is an enterotoxin producer. Enterotoxins are chromosomally encoded exotoxins that are produced and secreted from several bacterial organisms. It is a heat stable toxin and is resistant to digestive protease. It is the ingestion of the toxin that causes the inflammation and swelling of the intestine.
Staphylococcal enteritis
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea
Clostridial necrotizing enteritis
Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome
Wilderness-acquired diarrhea
Porcine epidemic diarrhoea
Tropical sprue
Rotaviral gastroenteritis