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Digest hyaluronic acid that binds together connective tissue to allow invasion.
Hyaluronidase
Protects against phagocytosis and aids in attachment.
Capsule
Lyse red blood cells only.
Hemolysins
Lyse white blood cells only.
Leukocidins
Digest fibrin in clots.
Staphylokinase and Streptokinase
Digest DNA/RNA.
Nucleases
Produces red rash and fever associated with scarlet fever.
Erythrogenic (pyrogenic) toxin
Allow pathogens to colonize oily skin surfaces.
Lipases
Coagulation of blood plasma to form fibrin layer around cells.
Coagulase
Cause loss of epidermal layer of skin.
Exfoliative toxin
Destroys penicillin.
Penicillinases
Destroys secretory antibody IgA.
IgA protease
Released from cell envelope following cell lysis.
LPS (endotoxin)
A cell wall-associated protein that binds antibody molecules nonspecifically and incapacitates them.
Protein A
Are proteins on the surface of a bacterial cell that allow them to enter host cells.
Invasins
It consists of two subunits that must combine to enter the target cell, where it can then exert its toxic effects.
AB Toxin
Scarlet Fever
Nonzoonotic
Gonorrhea
Nonzoonotic
Woolsorter’s Disease
Zoonotic
Brucellosis
Zoonotic
Tularemia
Zoonotic
Whooping Cough
Nonzoonotic
Legionnaire’s disease
Nonzoonotic
Syphilis
Nonzoonotic
Leptospirosis
Zoonotic
Lyme Disease
Zoonotic
Campylobacter Gastroenteritis
Zoonotic
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Zoonotic
Walking Pneumonia
Nonzoonotic
Q Fever
Zoonotic
