| Literature DB >> 16377721 |
Teresa Krakauer1, Marilyn Buckley.
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The superantigenic staphylococcal enterotoxins are important virulence factors and contribute to various diseases, including food poisoning and toxic shock. Dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory agent, attenuated staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB)-induced hypothermia and serum proinflammatory cytokines and improved survival from 0% to 86% in a lethal mouse model of SEB-mediated shock.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16377721 PMCID: PMC1346818 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.1.391-395.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191