Inflammasome Activation Contributes to Interleukin-23 Production in Response to <named-content content-type="genus-species">Clostridium difficile</named-content>

ABSTRACT   Clostridium difficile is the most common hospital-acquired pathogen, causing antibiotic-associated diarrhea in over 250,000 patients annually in the United States. Disease is primarily mediated by toxins A and B, which induce potent proinflammatory signaling in host cells and can activate...

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Main Authors: Carrie A. Cowardin, Sarah A. Kuehne, Erica L. Buonomo, Chelsea S. Marie, Nigel P. Minton, William A. Petri
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2015-02-01
Series:mBio
Acceso en liña:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02386-14