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<i>Clostridium difficile</i> Colonizes Alternative Nutrient Niches during Infection across Distinct Murine Gut Microbiomes
25 Jul 2017
Abstract excerpt
Infection by the bacterium Clostridium difficile causes an inflammatory diarrheal disease which can become life threatening and has grown to be the most prevalent nosocomial infection. Susceptibility to C. difficile infection is strongly associated with previous antibiotic treatment, which disrupts the gut microbiota and reduces its ability to prevent colonization. In this study, we demonstrated that C. difficile...
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