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Almost all gram-positive?
Exotoxin
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Extracellular, excreted by living organisms?
Exotoxin
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Unstable; denatured above 60
Exotoxin
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Among the most powerful toxins known
Exotoxin
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Highly specific, several types
exotoxin
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Very good, long-lasting immunity conerred
exotoxin
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coverts to toxoid form by chemical treatment
exotoxin
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Small lethal dose
exotoxin
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Types of infections caused: botulism, gas gangrene, tetanus, diptheria, cholera, plague, scarlet fever, staphylococcal food poisoning
exotoxin
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Typical infections caused: Salmnellosis, typhoid fever, tularemia, meningococcal meningitis, endotoxic shock
endotoxins
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Lethal dose is large
Endotoxins
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no conversion to toxoid form
endotoxins
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Weak no immunity conferred
endotoxina
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rapid rise to very high fever
endotoxins
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nonspecific; locoal reactions, such as fever, aches, and possible shock
endotoxins
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fatal at high doses
endotoxins
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stable; can withstand 60
endotoxins
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lipopolysaccharide complex
endotoxins
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part of pathogen cel wall, released when cell dies
endotoxins
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almost all-gram-negative
endotoxins
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