Post Traumatic Wound Infection: Literature Reviews and Queries

Question

The staphylococcal toxins causing the scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) have as their site of action in which of the following layers of skin:

Please select the single best answer

The stratum corneum

The zona granulosa

The basal layer of cells

The dermal/epidermal junction

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