title: Antitoxin production in antibiotic-associated colitis?
abstract: The production of antitoxin after Clostridium difficile-induced diarrhoea has not been reported previously. The stool of a patient with prolonged antibiotic-associated diarrhoea contained C. difficile toxin, and the serum neutralised the cytopathic effect of C. difficile toxin in tissue culture.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000992:Antitoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D003013:Clostridium; D003023:Cloxacillin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D003092:Colitis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000276:immunology; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000032:analysis; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005436:Floxacillin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000992:Antitoxins; D004731:Endotoxins; D005436:Floxacillin; D003023:Cloxacillin