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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ocean R Cohen, Jennifer A Steele, Quanshun Zhang, Diane J Schmidt, Yuankai Wang, Philip E S Hamel, Gillian Beamer, Bingling Xu, Saul Tzipori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4210241?pdf=render