Exfoliatins

**Definition:** 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.

**Tree numbers:** - D12.776.097.293 - D23.946.123.353 - D23.946.350.500

**Synonyms:** - Epidermolysins - Staphylococcal Exfoliative Toxin