Abstract
Staphylococcus sciuri is a commensal and pathogenic bacterium of significant clinical and veterinary relevance. Recently, a strain of S. sciuri has been described as the etiologic agent of Exudative Epidermitis in pigs in China and the main virulence factor involved in this clinical manifestation was the exfoliative protein C (ExhC). ExhC of S. sciuri, in addition to causing epidermal exf…