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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...
Autores principales: | Sun, Xingmin, Savidge, Tor, Feng, Hanping |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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