Systemically administered IgG anti-toxin antibodies protect the colonic mucosa during infection with Clostridium difficile in the piglet model

The use of anti-toxin human monoclonal antibodies (HMab) as treatment for C. difficile infection has been investigated in animal models and human clinical trials as an alternative to or in combination with traditional antibiotic therapy. While HMab therapy appears to be a promising option, how syste...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2014-10, Vol.9 (10), p.e111075-e111075
Hauptverfasser: Cohen, Ocean R, Steele, Jennifer A, Zhang, Quanshun, Schmidt, Diane J, Wang, Yuankai, Hamel, Philip E S, Beamer, Gillian, Xu, Bingling, Tzipori, Saul
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