Overview of Bacterial Toxins in Clinical Toxicology

                                 SUMMARRY

Overview of Bacterial Toxins in Clinical Toxicology
Bacterial toxins are key virulence factors that disrupt normal physiology, damage tissues, and drive many severe clinical syndromes. They fall broadly into exotoxins (secreted proteins) and endotoxins (structural components of Gram‑negative bacteria).

1. Classification of Bacterial Toxins
Exotoxins
Protein toxins actively secreted by bacteria.
Key features: high potency, specific targets, usually heat‑labile.

Major types:

• A–B toxins: enzymatic A subunit + binding B subunit
  • Examples:

    Please Subscribe to continue reading