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Screening for Staphylococcal Superantigen Genes Shows No Correlation with the Presence or the Severity of Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyposis

BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus secretes numerous exotoxins which may exhibit superantigenic properties. Whereas the virulence of several of them is well documented, their exact biological effects are not fully understood. Exotoxins may influence the immune and inflammatory state of various organs...

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Autores principales: Heymans, Frédéric, Fischer, Adrien, Stow, Nicholas W., Girard, Myriam, Vourexakis, Zacharias, Courtis, Antoine Des, Renzi, Gesuele, Huggler, Elzbieta, Vlaminck, Stefan, Bonfils, Pierre, Mladina, Ranko, Lund, Valerie, Schrenzel, Jacques, François, Patrice, Lacroix, Jean Silvain
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2832699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20221434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009525