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Staphylococcal superantigens in colonization and disease

Superantigens (SAgs) are a family of potent immunostimulatory exotoxins known to be produced by only a few bacterial pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus. More than 20 distinct SAgs have been characterized from different S. aureus strains and at least 80% of clinical strains harbor at least on...

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Autores principales: Xu, Stacey X., McCormick, John K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3417409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919643
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2012.00052