Asymptomatic Carriage ofClostridium difficileand Serum Levels of IgG Antibody against Toxin A
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- 10 February 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 342 (6), 390-397
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200002103420604
Abstract
Clostridium difficile infection can result in asymptomatic carriage, mild diarrhea, or fulminant pseudomembranous colitis. We studied whether antibody responses to C. difficile toxins affect the risks of colonization, diarrhea, and asymptomatic carriage.This publication has 31 references indexed in Scilit:
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