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diphtheria antitoxin |
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antitoxin /an·ti·tox·in/ (an´te-) (an´ti-tok″sin) antibody produced in response to a toxin of bacterial (usually an exotoxin), animal (zootoxin), or plant (phytotoxin) origin, which neutralizes the effects of the toxin.an´titoxic botulism antitoxin an equine antitoxin against toxins of the types A and B and/or E strains of Clostridium botulinum. diphtheria antitoxin equine antitoxin from horses immunized against diphtheria toxin or the toxoid. equine antitoxin an antitoxin derived from the blood of healthy horses immunized against a specific bacterial toxin. tetanus antitoxin equine antitoxin from horses that have been immunized against tetanus toxin or toxoid.
diphtheria antitoxin Etymology: Gk, diphtheria, leather membrane, anti, against, toxikon, poison an antitoxin prepared by immunizing horses with diphtheria toxoid and extracting serum from the animal. The serum is standardized for strength and quality. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Joseph Kinyoun, the founder of the Hygienic Laboratory--predecessor of the National Institutes of Health--learned the procedure for preparing diphtheria antitoxin at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Cinchona (and then purified quinine) won ready acceptance, as did the diphtheria antitoxin developed by Emile Roux in the 1890s, because, Ackerman argues, they demonstrably worked; there was even some popular demand in the later decades for disinfection services, in part, she suggests, because the treatment of infected bedding killed vermin. In a population-based study in the Netherlands, diphtheria antitoxin antibodies were measured with a toxin-binding inhibition assay in 9,134 sera from the general population and religious communities refusing vaccination. |
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