Antitoxin
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Broader Terms
antibody, immunological substance
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Related Terms
antiserum, immunologic substance development /preparation, passive immunization
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Scope Note
antibody against a microbial toxin or an antiserum from animals immunized by injections of a toxin or toxoid, administered as a passive immunizing agent to neutralize a specific microbial toxin.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- WHAT IS DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN? Diphtheria Antitoxin is an injection that counteracts the effects of the poison (toxin) produced by the bacteria that cause Diphtheria.
- Each vial contains the following (4): Type E- 5,000 International Units *The type E Botulism Antitoxin is administered consecutively with Botulism Antitoxin Bivalent, types A and B, only when type E botulism (usually associated with consumption of contaminated fish products) is suspected.
- The indirect protective effect of antiserum and antitoxin is passive immunity.
- The outcome of treatment depends, as it does in other comparable conditions, largely on the time interval elapsing after onset of symptoms before the peak of absorbed antitoxin is reached.
- Experience with antitoxin is limited to food-borne cases and the rare wound infection.
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