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RESULTS--Staphylococci and enterobacteria were isolated together from the nasopharynx of seven SIDS babies but from only one normal healthy infant. Enterobacterial toxins were lethal at high dilutions. Staphylococcal toxins were less toxic. Simultaneous testing in the chick assay of staphylococcal and enterobacterial toxins, from each baby, at non-lethal concentrations enhanced lethality levels by 177 to 1011% compared with lethality expected by an additive effect alone. CONCLUSIONS--Synergy occurs between the toxins of nasopharyngeal staphylococci and enterobacteria. 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