The Gut Bacterial Community Potentiates Clostridioides difficile Infection Severity

The Gut Bacterial Community Potentiates Clostridioides difficile Infection Severity

ABSTRACT The severity of Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) has increased over the last few decades. Patient age, white blood cell count, and creatinine levels as well as C. difficile ribotype and toxin genes have been associated with disease severity. However, it is unclear whether specific...

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Main Authors: Nicholas A. Lesniak, Alyxandria M. Schubert, Kaitlin J. Flynn, Jhansi L. Leslie, Hamide Sinani, Ingrid L. Bergin, Vincent B. Young, Patrick D. Schloss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-08-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
CDI
Clostridium difficile
human microbiome
humanized mice
microbial ecology
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01183-22

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