Surface-Layer Protein A (SlpA) Is a Major Contributor to Host-Cell Adherence of Clostridium difficile

Clostridium difficile is a leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea, and a significant etiologic agent of healthcare-associated infections. The mechanisms of attachment and host colonization of C. difficile are not well defined. We hypothesize that non-toxin bacterial factors, especially thos...

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Autores principales: Merrigan, Michelle M., Venugopal, Anilrudh, Roxas, Jennifer L., Anwar, Farhan, Mallozzi, Michael J., Roxas, Bryan A. P., Gerding, Dale N., Viswanathan, V. K., Vedantam, Gayatri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24265687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078404

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24265687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078404

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