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Only one to four percent of the population have reported vaginal colonization with toxigenic S. aureus, and almost 87 to 100 percent of the adult population has developed a serum antibody to the toxin that causes TSS.
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Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 16 Mar. 2018
The Milwaukee businessman said toxigenic mold and pathogenic bacteria in the house shocked his Crohn’s disease out of remission.
—Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2017
Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 16 Mar. 2018
The Milwaukee businessman said toxigenic mold and pathogenic bacteria in the house shocked his Crohn’s disease out of remission.
—Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2017
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circa 1923, in the meaning defined above
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“Toxigenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toxigenic. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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