Book chapter
The staphylococcal and streptococcal pyrogenic toxin family
Natural Toxins 2, Vol.391, pp.131-154
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 391, Springer
1996
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0361-9_8
PMID: 8726053
Abstract
The term “pyrogenic toxins” describes a group of protein exotoxins (Table 1) produced by organisms in two genera of bacteria, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus. Each pyrogenic toxin (PT) has unique biological activities, however, they often are grouped collectively into a single toxin family based on an ability that they share to induce multiple systemic effects (Bohach, et al., 1990). These shared activities result from the action of the toxins on the immune, cardiovascular, and other organ systems.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The staphylococcal and streptococcal pyrogenic toxin family
- Creators
- Gregory A Bohach - Department of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry University of Idaho, Moscow 83843, USACynthia V StauffacherDouglas H OhlendorfYoung-In ChiGregory M VathPatrick M Schlievert
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Natural Toxins 2, Vol.391, pp.131-154
- Publisher
- Springer; Boston, MA
- Series
- Advances in experimental medicine and biology; 391
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4613-0361-9_8
- PMID
- 8726053
- ISSN
- 0065-2598
- Grant note
- HL 36611 / NHLBI NIH HHS AI 22159 / NIAID NIH HHS AI 28401 / NIAID NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1996
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984001116702771
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