The toxins of Group A streptococcus, the flesh eating bacteria

Immunological Investigations

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 129-150

  Stevens, Dennis L ^a,b  

^a Boise VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLINDAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

EID: 0031030589     PISSN: 08820139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08820139709048921     Document Type: Article

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