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    Staphylococcal serine protease-like proteins are pacemakers of allergic airway reactions to Staphylococcus aureus.

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    A substantial subgroup of asthmatic patients have "nonallergic" or idiopathic asthma, which often takes a severe course and is difficult to treat. The cause might be allergic reactions to the gram-positive pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, a frequent colonizer of the upper airways. However, the driving allergens of S aureus have remained elusive
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