Comparative nutritional and chemical phenome of Clostridium difficile isolates determined using phenotype microarrays
Objectives: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the leading cause of infectious diarrhea in North America and Europe. The risk of CDI increases significantly in the case where antimicrobial treatment reduces the number of competing bacteria in the gut, thus leading to the increased availability...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-10-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214015781 |