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The Enterotoxicity of Clostridium difficile Toxins

The major virulence factors of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are two large exotoxins A (TcdA) and B (TcdB). However, our understanding of the specific roles of these toxins in CDI is still evolving. It is now accepted that both toxins are enterotoxic and proinflammatory in the human intestin...

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Autores principales: Sun, Xingmin, Savidge, Tor, Feng, Hanping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3153265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22069662
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins2071848