Microbiome Data Distinguish Patients with <named-content content-type="genus-species">Clostridium difficile</named-content> Infection and Non-<named-content content-type="genus-species">C. difficile</named-content>-Associated Diarrhea from Healthy Controls
ABSTRACT Antibiotic usage is the most commonly cited risk factor for hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infections (CDI). The increased risk is due to disruption of the indigenous microbiome and a subsequent decrease in colonization resistance by the perturbed bacterial community; however, the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2014-07-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01021-14 |