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. 1982 Jan;35(1):374–376. doi: 10.1128/iai.35.1.374-376.1982

Production of Antitoxins to Two Toxins of Clostridium difficile and Immunological Comparison of the Toxins by Cross-Neutralization Studies

Jeffrey M Libby 1, Tracy D Wilkins 2
PMCID: PMC351042  PMID: 6172384

Abstract

We prepared antitoxins specific for each of two toxins of Clostridium difficile and used these to demonstrate that the toxins are immunologically distinct.

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