Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection Is Associated With Impaired T Helper Type 17 Immunity to C difficile Toxin B

Gastroenterology. 2021 Mar;160(4):1410-1413.e4. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.11.043. Epub 2020 Nov 27.
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Keywords: CD4 T Cells; CDI; Clostridium difficile; Infectious Disease; Toxin-Specific Responses.

Publication types

  • Observational Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacterial Proteins / immunology*
  • Bacterial Toxins / immunology*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Clostridioides difficile / immunology*
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification
  • Clostridium Infections / immunology*
  • Clostridium Infections / microbiology
  • Clostridium Infections / therapy
  • Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
  • Female
  • Healthy Volunteers
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Recurrence
  • Th17 Cells / immunology*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • toxB protein, Clostridium difficile