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Note: Content may be edited for style and length. Journal Reference: Lyras et al. Toxin B is essential for virulence of Clostridium difficile. Nature, 2009; DOI: 10.1038/nature07822 ...

Clostridium difficile causes severe diarrheal diseases by producing toxins; the most virulent are known as Toxin A and Toxin B. Study leader and molecular microbiologist Charles Darkoh, who has ...

Clostridium difficile causes severe diarrheal diseases by producing toxins; the most virulent are known as Toxin A and Toxin B. In 2011, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

13. Kiel MJ, et al. Clostridium difficile ribotype 027: relationship to age, detectability of toxins A or B in stool with rapid testing, severe infection, and mortality.

C. difficile Toxin A & B Detection by EIA For more than 20 years the detection of toxin A/B from fecal samples by immunoenzymatic methods has been the cornerstone of laboratory CDI diagnosis.

Clostridium difficile is the name of this germ, which can spread by spores. Some 20 percent of patients in hospitals are affected by it. It is the bacterium which causes the diarrhoea which in some ...

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of antibodies to toxins A and B of Clostridium difficile was developed. Serum samples from 340 patients were tested for determination of ...

A post hoc and subpopulation analysis of the MODIFY trials showed that taking bezlotoxumab, a monoclonal antibody that neutralizes Clostridium difficile toxin B, led to lower recurrence of C ...

In a hamster model of Clostridium difficile, infection with C. difficile strains producing either toxin A or toxin B caused fulminant disease, according to a research team from the University of ...

Clostridium difficile infection, often referred to as C. diff, is caused by bacteria. Symptoms of C. difficile recurrence include mild-to-severe diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever.