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Exfoliatins
Dermolysins | Epidermolysins | Epidermolytic Toxins | Exfoliative Toxins | Exfoliatin Toxin A | Exfoliative Toxin B | Staphylococcal Exfoliative Toxin | A, Exfoliatin Toxin | B, Exfoliative Toxin | Exfoliative Toxin, Staphylococcal
Protein exotoxins from Staphylococcus aureus, phage type II, which cause epidermal necrolysis. They are proteins with a molecular weight of 26,000 to 32,000. They cause a condition variously called scaled skin, Lyell or Ritter syndrome, epidermal exfoliative disease, toxic epidermal necrolysis, etc. |
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