Discovery of selective inhibitors of the Clostridium difficile dehydroquinate dehydratase.

A vibrant and healthy gut flora is essential for preventing the proliferation of Clostridium difficile, a pathogenic bacterium that causes severe gastrointestinal symptoms. In fact, most C. difficile infections (CDIs) occur after broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment, which, by eradicating the commens...

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Main Authors: Kiira Ratia, Samuel H Light, Aleksandar Antanasijevic, Wayne F Anderson, Michael Caffrey, Arnon Lavie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0089356&type=printable