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A protein microarray assay for serological determination of antigen-specific antibody responses following Clostridium difficile infection (2018)
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Negm, O. H., Hamed, M. R., & Monaghan, T. M. (2018). A protein microarray assay for serological determination of antigen-specific antibody responses following Clostridium difficile infection. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2018(136), Article e57399. https://doi.org/10.3791/57399

We provide a detailed overview of a novel high-throughput protein microarray assay for the determination of anti-C. difficile antibody levels in human sera and in separate preparations of polyclonal IVIg. The protocol describes the methodological ste... Read More about A protein microarray assay for serological determination of antigen-specific antibody responses following Clostridium difficile infection.

High prevalence of subclass-specific binding and neutralizing antibodies against Clostridium difficile toxins in adult cystic fibrosis sera: possible mode of immunoprotection against symptomatic C. difficile infection (2017)
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Monaghan, T. M., Negm, O. H., MacKenzie, B., Hamed, M. R., Shone, C. C., Humphreys, D., …Wilcox, M. H. (2017). High prevalence of subclass-specific binding and neutralizing antibodies against Clostridium difficile toxins in adult cystic fibrosis sera: possible mode of immunoprotection against symptomatic C. difficile infection. Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology, 10, https://doi.org/10.2147/CEG.S133939

Objectives: Despite multiple risk factors and a high rate of colonization for Clostridium difficile, the occurrence of C. difficile infection in patients with cystic fibrosis is rare. The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of binding C.... Read More about High prevalence of subclass-specific binding and neutralizing antibodies against Clostridium difficile toxins in adult cystic fibrosis sera: possible mode of immunoprotection against symptomatic C. difficile infection.

Protective antibodies against Clostridium difficile are present in intravenous immunoglobulin and are retained in humans following its administration (2017)
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Negm, O. H., MacKenzie, B., Hamed, M., Ahmad, O., Shone, C. C., Humphreys, D., …Monaghan, T. M. (2017). Protective antibodies against Clostridium difficile are present in intravenous immunoglobulin and are retained in humans following its administration. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 188(3), 437-443. https://doi.org/10.1111/cei.12946

The prevalence of serum antibodies against Clostridium difficile (CD) toxins A and B in healthy populations have prompted interest in evaluating the therapeutic activity of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) in individuals experiencing severe or recur... Read More about Protective antibodies against Clostridium difficile are present in intravenous immunoglobulin and are retained in humans following its administration.

Profiling humoral immune responses to Clostridium difficile-specific antigens by protein microarray analysis (2015)
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Negm, O. H., Hamed, M. R., Dilnot, E. M., Shone, C. C., Marszalowska, I., Lynch, M., Loscher, C. E., Edwards, L. J., Tighe, P. J., Wilcox, M. H., & Monaghan, T. M. (2015). Profiling humoral immune responses to Clostridium difficile-specific antigens by protein microarray analysis. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 22(9), 1033-1039. https://doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00190-15

Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic, Gram-positive, and spore-forming bacterium that is the leading worldwide infective cause of hospital-acquired and antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Several studies have reported associations between humoral immuni... Read More about Profiling humoral immune responses to Clostridium difficile-specific antigens by protein microarray analysis.