Toxin-positive Clostridium difficile latently infect mouse colonies and protect against highly pathogenic C. difficile

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Objective Clostridium difficile is a toxin-producing bacterium and a leading cause of antibiotic-associated disease. The ability of C. difficile to form spores and infect antibiotic-treated persons at low multiplicity of infection (MOI) underlies its large disease burden. However, C. difficile -induced disease might also result from long-harboured C. difficile that blooms in individuals administered antibiotics....

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