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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American Society for Microbiology
2015
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/263772918a024d19ae13b70b76a1d3b4 |
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