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Decreased diversity of the fecal Microbiome in recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2008
Chang Ju Young, Antonopoulos Dionysios A, Kalra Apoorv, Tonelli Adriano, Khalife Walid T, Schmidt Thomas M, Young Vincent B
Abstract excerpt
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea due to Clostridium difficile (CDAD) is thought to reflect colonization of a disrupted microbial community by the pathogen. We profiled the fecal microbiota of patients with CDAD (both initial and recurrent episodes) by culture-independent phylogenetic analysis of 16...
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