Dietary Xanthan Gum Alters Antibiotic Efficacy against the Murine Gut Microbiota and Attenuates Clostridioides difficile Colonization
A healthy gut bacterial community benefits the host by breaking down dietary nutrients and protecting against pathogens. Clostridioides difficile capitalizes on the absence of this community to cause diarrhea and inflammation. Thus, a major clinical goal is to find ways to increase resistance to C....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2020-01-01
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| Series: | mSphere |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00708-19 |