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Molecular mechanisms of blister formation in bullous impetigo and staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

2002-07-01

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Bullous impetigo due to Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common bacterial infections of man, and its generalized form, staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS), is a frequent manifestation of staphylococcal epidemics in neonatal nurseries. Both diseases are mediated by exfoliative toxins (ETs), which show exquisite pathologic specificity in blistering only the superficial epidermis. We show that these t...

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Literature Corpus work: 7f9c026e-01de-5991-8f6e-c8ac15408dfc
DOI: 10.1172/jci0215766

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