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Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Bacterial Toxins

Preferred term

Bacterial Toxins  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Bacterial Toxin
  • Toxin, Bacterial
  • Toxins, Bacterial

Note

  • general or unspecified: prefer specifics; coordinate IM with specific bacterium (IM); / antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS

Scope note

  • Toxic substances formed in or elaborated by bacteria; they are usually proteins with high molecular weight and antigenicity; some are used as antibiotics and some to skin test for the presence of or susceptibility to certain diseases.

History note

  • 77; was NON MESH before 1977

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001427

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