Clostridium difficile toxins A and B: exploring the possible mechanism of action
<p>Clostridium difficile is a common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and occasionally causes the life-threatening disease pseudomembranous colitis. The pathogenicity of the organism has been attributed to the production of two large exotoxins, toxin A (308,000 daltons) and toxin B (269...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45056 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10072005-094822/ |