Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy Plus Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (5th Edition)
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Chapter 15, Problem 2TMW
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The reason why scalded skin syndrome is dangerous.
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Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogen that cause disease in human and animals. It causes a wide variety of skin-infections and life-threatening systematic conditions. They cause secretion of certain exotoxins related to particular diseases, such as enterotoxins, shock syndrome toxin-1 and exfoliative toxins. Such toxins are responsible for most of the S. aureus infections in humans and animals.
Some strains of Staphylococcus aureus cause the production of exoflavin toxin. The exoflavin toxin is a chemical which causes removal of the entire layer of the skin in a disease called scalded skin syndrome.
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Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy Plus Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (5th Edition)
Ch. 15 - Phagocytes of the epidermis are called _________....Ch. 15 - Prob. 2MCCh. 15 - Prob. 3MCCh. 15 - Prob. 4MCCh. 15 - Prob. 5MCCh. 15 - Prob. 6MCCh. 15 - Interferons ________. a. do not protect the cell...Ch. 15 - Prob. 8MCCh. 15 - Toll-like receptors (TLRs) act to ________. a....Ch. 15 - Prob. 10MC
Ch. 15 - Prob. 1TFCh. 15 - Prob. 2TFCh. 15 - Prob. 3TFCh. 15 - Prob. 4TFCh. 15 - Prob. 5TFCh. 15 - Prob. 6TFCh. 15 - Prob. 7TFCh. 15 - Prob. 8TFCh. 15 - Prob. 9TFCh. 15 - Prob. 10TFCh. 15 - Prob. 11TFCh. 15 - Prob. 12TFCh. 15 - Prob. 13TFCh. 15 - Prob. 14TFCh. 15 - Prob. 15TFCh. 15 - In the blank beside each cell, chemical, or...Ch. 15 - Prob. 2MCh. 15 - Label the steps of phagocytosis.Ch. 15 - Prob. 2VICh. 15 - Prob. 1SACh. 15 - How does a phagocyte know it is in contact with a...Ch. 15 - Prob. 3SACh. 15 - Prob. 4SACh. 15 - Prob. 5SACh. 15 - Prob. 6SACh. 15 - Prob. 1CTCh. 15 - What might happen to someone whose body did not...Ch. 15 - Prob. 3CTCh. 15 - Prob. 4CTCh. 15 - There are two kinds of agranulocytes in the...Ch. 15 - A patient has a genetic disorder that prevents him...Ch. 15 - Prob. 7CTCh. 15 - Prob. 8CTCh. 15 - Prob. 9CTCh. 15 - Prob. 10CTCh. 15 - Prob. 11CTCh. 15 - A patient has a genetic disorder that makes it...Ch. 15 - Prob. 13CTCh. 15 - Prob. 14CTCh. 15 - Prob. 1CMCh. 15 - Prob. 1TMWCh. 15 - Prob. 2TMWCh. 15 - Prob. 3TMWCh. 15 - Prob. 1CCSCh. 15 - Prob. 2CCS
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