Skin lesions produced by Staphylococcus aureus exfoliatin in hairless mice.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 6 ·No. 5 ·1972-11-00 ·Pages 877-9

Kapral FA, Miller MM

Abstract

Exfoliatin caused skin loss in hairless mutant mice only while they lacked hair, but older mice were more resistant to this effect than neonates.

MeSH Terms

Animals Animals, Newborn Hair Heterozygote Homozygote Mice Mutation Staphylococcus/immunology Toxins, Biological/pharmacology

Chemicals

Toxins, Biological

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Kapral F A

Miller M M

References (3)

3 references, click to expand

Toxic epidermal necrolysis produced by an extracellular product of Staphylococcus aureus.
Br J Dermatol. 1971 Aug;85(2):145-9 PMID: 5571028
The staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome: isolation and partial characterization of the exfoliative toxin.
J Infect Dis. 1972 Feb;125(2):129-40 PMID: 4550227
Product of Staphylococcus aureus responsible for the scalded-skin syndrome.
Infect Immun. 1971 Nov;4(5):541-5 PMID: 5154894

Article Info

Journal

Infection and immunity

Abbr.

Infect Immun

ISSN

0019-9567

DOI

Published

1972-11-00

Pages

877-9

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0246127

PMCID

PMC422623

Subset

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