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Toxin-antitoxin
An infrequently used mixture of a toxin and an antibody that blocks its effects. It was formerly used in some vaccine formulations. A blend where the toxin is largely counteracted by the corresponding antitoxin.
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Plant toxin
Any toxin produced by a plant; a phytotoxin.
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Erythrogenic toxin
The former name for Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins. A noxious substance or microbial entity generated by the bacteria responsible for scarlet fever, resulting in a crimson discoloration of the skin. A toxic protein, generated by streptococcal bacteria, is responsible for inducing the red rash characteristic of scarlet fever.
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Dysentery toxin
The exotoxin of various species of Shigella.
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Diphtheria toxin
The specific toxin produced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
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Dermonecrotic toxin
Any one of a group of different toxins that can cause necrosis of the skin. Coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus produces several such toxins.
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Botulinus toxin
A neurotoxin that blocks acetylcholine release, produced by Clostridium botulinum, the causative organism for botulism. Seven types of the toxin have been identified.
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Anthrax toxin
The three proteins made by the infectious bacterium Bacillus anthracis responsible for the deadly effects of anthrax. Anthrax toxin includes protective antigen, which helps the bacterium enter cells, and lethal and edema factors, which kill cells by disrupting the cell membrane’s normal biochemical functions.
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Toxidrome
A specific cluster of symptoms that occurs after patients are exposed to a poisonous agent; a toxic syndrome.
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Toxic shock-like syndrome
An infection in which the initial site is skin or soft tissue. This may occur in adults or children and it is readily transmitted from person to person. Typically there is a history of a minor, usually nonpenetrating, local trauma that within the next 1 to 3 days develops into the usual toxic shock syndrome…
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