Bacterium Clostridium perfringens may be MS trigger

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There are different types of C. perfringens bacteria based on the production of different toxins. This bacteria can produce close to 20 different toxins. The toxin identified as a common cause of food poisoning is called the "enterotoxin." The toxin that has been implicated in multiple sclerosis is called "epsilon toxin." C. perfringens type B and type D produce the epsilon toxin, and these epsilon toxin producing types of C. perfringens are not at all common in human beings; are not related to human food poisoning, but have recently been found in MS patients. Types B and D were previously thought to be exclusive to livestock, where they can produce a disease that looks very similar to MS.

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2024 Jun 23
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Ulm, Germany
Multiple Sclerosis and Clostridium perfringens Epsilon Toxin: Is There a Relationship?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39061966/

.. The present study did not provide evidence supporting the hypothesis of a causal relationship between Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin and multiple sclerosis.