Toxin Synthesis by <named-content content-type="genus-species">Clostridium difficile</named-content> Is Regulated through Quorum Signaling

ABSTRACT Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is dramatically increasing as a cause of antibiotic- and hospital-associated diarrhea worldwide. C. difficile, a multidrug-resistant pathogen, flourishes in the colon after the gut microbiota has been altered by antibiotic therapy. Consequently, it prod...

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Main Authors: Charles Darkoh, Herbert L. DuPont, Steven J. Norris, Heidi B. Kaplan
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/263772918a024d19ae13b70b76a1d3b4
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