Analysis of toxicity of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A mutants

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2868-2875

  Roggiani, Manuela ^a   Stoehr, Jennifer A ^a   Leonard, Bettina A B ^a   Schlievert, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; LYMPHOTOXIN; PYROGEN; SUPERANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; HYPOTENSION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

EID: 0030987744     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.7.2868-2875.1997     Document Type: Article

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