Infections by ʺFlesh-Eating Bacteriaʺ Can Occur When Exotoxins A, B

question 55

True/False

Infections by ʺflesh-eating bacteriaʺ can occur when exotoxins A, B, C, and F and the bacterial surface M protein of Streptococcus pyogenes act as superantigens.

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