Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection associates with distinct bile acid and microbiome profiles
Background: The healthy microbiome protects against the development of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), which typically develops following antibiotics. The microbiome metabolises primary to secondary bile acids, a process if disrupted by antibiotics, may be critical for the initiation of CDI....
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Wiley Blackwell
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109870 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8033-8380 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-9364 |