An antitoxin is a cell on the surface of the white blood cell which latches on the toxin of a bacteria and destroys it. if your WBC (white blood cell) did recognise the same toxin on the bacteria the antitoxin from the WBC would be made a lot efficiently and rsapidly to destroy the toxin.
A substance that Interferes with or functions against a toxin is called an antitoxin.
Antitoxin is important.
Antitoxin refers to the antibody that counteracts a toxin.
Toxin-antitoxin database was created in 2010.
"The doctor administered antitoxin to counteract the effect of the scorpion sting."
Why was antitoxin given instead of a booster shot of tetanus toxoid?
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Patients who are sensitive (about 10%) must be desensitized with diluted antitoxin, since the antitoxin is the only specific substance that will counteract diphtheria exotoxin. No human antitoxin is available for the treatment of diphtheria.
No, the tetanus toxoid (routine vaccine) is not. However, the tetanus antitoxin for horses (which imparts antibodies directly to the horse that were produced by another horse) does. That is why the antitoxin comes with increased risk of adverse reaction and also why it doesn't provide prolonged protection. The toxoid causes the horse's body to develop it's own antibodies against the toxin that causes Tetanus while the antitoxin is pre-made antibodies.
D. G. Evans has written: 'An investigation into the management of sauna suites' 'Persistence of tetanus antitoxin in man following active immunisation' -- subject(s): Vaccination, Tetanus, Tetanus antitoxin 'The protective properties of the alpha antitoxin and theta antihaemolysin occurring in Cl. welchii type A antiserum' -- subject(s): Gas gangrene antitoxin, Clostridium perfringens
The antitoxin is made from horse serum and works by neutralizing any circulating exotoxin. The doctor must first test the patient for sensitivity to animal serum.