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Effect of Bifidobacterium upon Clostridium difficile Growth and Toxicity When Co-cultured in Different Prebiotic Substrates

The intestinal overgrowth of Clostridium difficile, often after disturbance of the gut microbiota by antibiotic treatment, leads to C. difficile infection (CDI) which manifestation ranges from mild diarrhea to life-threatening conditions. The increasing CDI incidence, not only in compromised subject...

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Autores principales: Valdés-Varela, L., Hernández-Barranco, Ana M., Ruas-Madiedo, Patricia, Gueimonde, Miguel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27242753
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00738