A RARE CASE OF ACUTE LOWER LIMB ISCHEMIA FOLLOWING BEE STING

A rare case of acute lower limb ischemia following bee sting

Bee sting entails allergic reaction that can be severe, sometimes even lethal as seen in our case report.These reactions can occur immediately after being stung.We report a case with arterial occlusion and severe ischemia in the lower limb a few hours after multiple bee stings.A 67-year-old male, a known case of hypertension and diabetes mellitus s

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Clostridioides difficile toxin B subverts germinal center and antibody recall responses by stimulating a drug-treatable CXCR4-dependent mechanism

Summary: Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) results in significant morbidity and mortality.We previously established that CDI in mice does not protect against reinfection and is associated with poor pathogen-specific B cell memory (Bmem), recapitulating our observations with human Bmem.Here, we demonstrate that the secreted toxin Tc

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