Staphylococcal hemolysins and autovaccine applications in staphylococcal infections
Atun, I.H.
Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni 11(1): 61-81
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0374-9096 PMID: 853956 Document Number: 115224
The pathogenicity of staphyloccocci, their antigenic structure, toxins, the pathology of the lesions they cause, their treatment, immunogenic applications, different materials applied in men and animals, methods of application and the results in general related to the main subject are given briefly. Staphylococal hemolysins, as alpha, beta, delta and gamma hemolysins of S. aureus, epsilon hemolysin of S. epidermis, their production, purification, physicochemical characteristics, their effects on different animals and tissue cultures, their antigenicity, the role of hemolysins in pathogenicity and virulance of staphylococci, the autovaccins we prepared against staphylococcal skin infections (acne vulgaris), the method of preparation, their clinical application and the results are given briefly.