Defining innate immunity to Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming anaerobic bacillus and a leading cause of nosocomial diarrhoea. C. difficile infection occurs often following antibiotic treatment leading to alteration of the gut microbiota enabling C. difficile to thrive and cause a range of symptoms from asymptomatic carr...
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University College London (University of London)
2012
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