Isolation of Clostridium perfringens Type B in an Individual at First Clinical Presentation of Multiple Sclerosis Provides Clues for Environmental Triggers of the Disease

• Kareem Rashid Rumah,

  Affiliations Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program of Weill Cornell Medical College, Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, New York, New York, United States of America, The Brain and Mind Research Institute and the Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America, The Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Jennifer Linden,

  Affiliation The Brain and Mind Research Institute and the Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Vincent A. Fischetti,

  Affiliation The Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Timothy Vartanian

  * E-mail: tiv2002@med.cornell.edu

  Affiliation The Brain and Mind Research Institute and the Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

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