Anti-Clostridium difficile bovine immunoglobulin concentrate inhibits cytotoxicity and enterotoxicity of C. difficile toxins

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 373-379

  Kelly, Ciaran P ^a,c   Pothoulakis, Charalabos ^a   Vavva, Fotini ^a   Castagliuolo, Ignazio ^a   Bostwick, Eileen F ^b   O'Keane, J Conor ^a   Keates, Sarah ^a   LaMont, J Thomas ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GalaGen Inc   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BOVINE IMMUNOGLOBULIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; MANNITOL; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENTERITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ILEUM; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030064139     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.2.373     Document Type: Article

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