Exfoliatins
Synonyms
Dermolysins
Epidermolysins
Epidermolytic Toxins
Exfoliatin Toxin A
Exfoliative Toxin B
Exfoliative Toxin, Staphylococcal
Exfoliative Toxins
Staphylococcal Exfoliative Toxin
Toxin A, Exfoliatin
Toxin B, Exfoliative
Toxin, Staphylococcal Exfoliative
Toxins, Epidermolytic
Toxins, Exfoliative
Protein exotoxins from Staphylococcus aureus, phage type II, which cause epidermal necrolysis. They are proteins with a molecular weight of 26,000 to 32,000. They cause a condition variously called scaled skin, Lyell or Ritter syndrome, epidermal exfoliative disease, toxic epidermal necrolysis, etc.