| Literature DB >> 7380535 |
Abstract
The cecal contents of guinea pigs with clindamycin-associated colitis contained a heat-labile toxin. This toxin was lethal for guinea pigs and mice, produced vascular permeability in the skin of rabbits, and was cytotoxic in tissue culture. The lethality in mice, vascular permeability in rabbit skin, and cytotoxicity in tissue culture monolayers were neutralized by Clostridium sordellii antitoxin.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7380535 PMCID: PMC550776 DOI: 10.1128/iai.27.2.387-390.1980
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441