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Preferred term

Exfoliatins  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Epidermolysins
  • Staphylococcal Exfoliative Toxin

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • French

  • Épidermolysines
  • Toxines exfoliatives de staphylocoques

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GK5PP6QF-6

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