Detection of circulating bacterial superantigen and lymphotoxin-alpha in patients with streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome

Lancet. 1996 Nov 9;348(9037):1315-6. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)65800-x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bacterial Proteins*
  • Child
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Exotoxins / immunology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphotoxin-alpha / immunology*
  • Male
  • Membrane Proteins*
  • Middle Aged
  • Shock, Septic / immunology*
  • Streptococcal Infections / immunology*
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / immunology*
  • Superantigens / immunology*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Exotoxins
  • Lymphotoxin-alpha
  • Membrane Proteins
  • SpeA protein, Streptococcus pyogenes
  • Superantigens
  • erythrogenic toxin