Colonization Resistance of the Gut Microbiota against Clostridium difficile

Colonization Resistance of the Gut Microbiota against Clostridium difficile

Antibiotics strongly disrupt the human gut microbiota, which in consequence loses its colonization resistance capacity, allowing infection by opportunistic pathogens such as Clostridium difficile. This bacterium is the main cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and a current problem in developed c...

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Main Authors: Ana Elena Pérez-Cobas, Andrés Moya, María José Gosalbes, Amparo Latorre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-08-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
antibiotics
Clostridium difficile
gut microbiota restoration
colonization resistance
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/4/3/337

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