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Intestinal calcium and bile salts facilitate germination of Clostridium difficile spores

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is an anaerobic gram-positive pathogen that is the leading cause of nosocomial bacterial infection globally. C. difficile infection (CDI) typically occurs after ingestion of infectious spores by a patient that has been treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. Whi...

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Autores principales: Kochan, Travis J., Somers, Madeline J., Kaiser, Alyssa M., Shoshiev, Michelle S., Hagan, Ada K., Hastie, Jessica L., Giordano, Nicole P., Smith, Ashley D., Schubert, Alyxandria M., Carlson, Paul E., Hanna, Philip C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5509370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28704538
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006443