Gamma globulin administration in relapsing Clostridium difficile-induced pseudomembranous colitis with a defective antibody response to toxin A

Acta Clin Belg. 1995;50(1):36-9. doi: 10.1080/17843286.1995.11718419.

Abstract

A 53-year-old woman suffered six episodes of Clostridium difficile-pseudomembranous colitis. The serological follow-up demonstrated the absence of a rise in IgG and IgA to toxin A. Human pooled gamma globulin was administered during the fifth relapse and raised IgG levels to toxin A. Normal stools reappeared a week later. The role of the antibodies to toxin A and gamma globulin in C. difficile colitis are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Toxins / immunology*
  • Clostridioides difficile* / immunology
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / immunology
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Recurrence
  • gamma-Globulins / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • gamma-Globulins