Human Keratinocyte Response to Superantigens

ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes are significant human pathogens, causing infections at multiple body sites, including across the skin. Both are organisms that cause human diseases and secrete superantigens, including toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1), staphylococcal ent...

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Main Authors: Patrick M. Schlievert, Francoise A. Gourronc, Donald Y. M. Leung, Aloysius J. Klingelhutz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-10-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00803-20