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.