ROLE OF MENINGOCOCCAL ENDOTOXIN IN MENINGOCOCCAL PURPURA
Enteric bacilli and meningococci (MGC) both contain potent endotoxins, but purpuric skin lesions indistinguishable from the experimental dermal Shwartzman reaction are much more common during meningococcal bacteremia than during bacteremia with enteric organisms. Highly purified lipopolysaccharides...
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| Format: | Online |
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The Rockefeller University Press
1974
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2139705/ |