The Staphy lococcal Exfoliative Toxin Development of a Modified Assay System

Certain strains of Staphylococcus aureus produce a toxin which cause epidermal exfoliation within 18 hours after direct subcutaneous or intraperitoneal injection into newborn mice. The extracellular product responsible for exfoliation is termed exfoliative toxin (ET). In the present studies a modif...

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Main Author: MASSOUD KEYHANI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 1976-12-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/4135