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A Patient Comes to Your Medical Practice with a Bacterial

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A patient comes to your medical practice with a bacterial infection.You are terribly concerned because the bacteria responsible for the patient's infection produce an exotoxin.Why are exotoxins often more dangerous than endotoxins?

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