THE SITE OF ACTION OF THE STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN
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- 1 January 1961
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 113 (1), 67-82
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.113.1.67
Abstract
The present study concerns the site of action of the staphylococcus alpha toxin. This powerful necrotizing agent produced by pathogenic strains of staphylococcus is very probably important in the pathogenesis of localized staphylococcus disease and in the shock-like picture sometimes associated with staphylococcus septicemia. Our previous studies had suggested that the toxin has a selective effect on vascular smooth muscle.Keywords
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