Isolation of Clostridium perfringens Type B in an Individual at First Clinical Presentation of Multiple Sclerosis Provides Clues for Environmental Triggers of the Disease

We have isolated Clostridium perfringens type B, an epsilon toxin-secreting bacillus, from a young woman at clinical presentation of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with actively enhancing lesions on brain MRI. This finding represents the first time that C. perfringens type B has been detected in a human. E...

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Autores principales: Rumah, Kareem Rashid, Linden, Jennifer, Fischetti, Vincent A., Vartanian, Timothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24146858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076359

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24146858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076359

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