Which of the following toxins will produce the condition shown below?
Correct Answer: ETA and ETB
Description: STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME Induced by epidermolytic exotoxins (exfoliatin) A and B, which are released by S. aureus -detachment within the epidermal layer, by breaking down the desmosomes. Exotoxins cleave desmoglein-1, which holds the granulosum and spinosum layers together, similar to the pathophysiology of the autoimmune skin disease 'pemphigus vulgaris.'
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