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Dietary trehalose enhances virulence of epidemic Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile disease has recently increased to become a dominant nosocomial pathogen in North America and Europe, although little is known about what has driven this emergence. Here we show two epidemic ribotypes (RT027 and RT078) have acquired unique mechanisms to metabolize low concentrat...
Autores principales: | Collins, J., Robinson, C., Danhof, H., Knetsch, C.W., van Leeuwen, H.C., Lawley, T.D., Auchtung, J.M., Britton., R.A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5984069/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29310122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature25178 |
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