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Virulence Factors of Clostridium difficile
1 Jan 1990
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In addition to the two major toxins of Clostridium difficile--toxins A and B, which represent the major virulence factors--a number of other putative virulence factors have been described. These factors include fimbriae and the ability to associate with gut cells/mucus, the production of a capsule, the secretion of a range of hydrolytic enzymes, the production of other toxins (such as an actin-specific...
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