Leukocidins |
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| Leucocidin; Leukocidin; Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cytotoxin; Cytotoxin, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; aeruginosa Cytotoxin, Pseudomonas | |
| Substances that are toxic to LEUKOCYTES. They are EXOTOXINS produced by some pathogenic STAPHYLOCOCCUS and STREPTOCOCCUS that destroy leukocytes by lysis of the cytoplasmic granules and are partially responsible for the pathogenicity of the organisms. | |