Prevalence of epsilon toxin-producing Clostridium perfringens isolates among patients with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in Iran - Azimirad, Masoumeh; Hamtaeigashti, Sara; Raeisi, Hamideh; Looha, Mehdi Azizmohammad; Gholami, Fatemeh; Naser Moghadasi, Abdorreza; Zali, Mohammad Reza; Yadegar, Abbas (BMC neurology, 2025)
Keywords: Adult; Antibodies, Bacterial - blood; Bacterial toxins; Bacterial Toxins - immunology; Bayesian analysis; Blood-brain barrier; Chemical properties; Chronic illnesses; Clostridium; Clostridium Infections - epidemiology; Clostridium perfringens; Clostridium perfringens - isolation & purification; Clostridium perfringens - metabolism; Demyelination; Development and progression; Diagnosis; Disease; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Enzymes; Epsilon toxin; ETX; Feces - microbiology; Female; Health aspects; Humans; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin G - blood; Immunoglobulin M; Immunoglobulin M - blood; Immunoglobulins; Iran - epidemiology; Male; Measurement; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Multiple sclerosis; Multiple Sclerosis - blood; Multiple Sclerosis - epidemiology; Multiple Sclerosis - microbiology; Neomycin; Neuromyelitis; Neuromyelitis optica; Neuromyelitis Optica - blood; Neuromyelitis Optica - epidemiology; Neuromyelitis Optica - microbiology; Neurotoxic agents; NMOSD; Physiological aspects; Prediction models; Prevalence; Regression analysis; Risk factors; Statistics; Toxins; Young Adult; Iran; New Brunswick; Mississippi; United States--US; Multiple sclerosis; Prediction models; ETX; Epsilon toxin; Neuromyelitis optica; Clostridium perfringens; NMOSD