#c. difficile ribotypes

[cdifffoundation]

C.difficile Study Using C. difficile Conditioned Medium of Six Different C. difficile Strains

        Horvat S1, Mahnic A2, Breskvar M3,4, Dzeroski S3,4,5, Rupnik M6,7. Abstract

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is typically associated with disturbed gut microbiota and changes related to decreased colonization resistance against C. difficile are well described.

However, nothing is known about possible effects of C. difficile on gut microbiota restoration during or after CDI.

In this…

View On WordPress

[cdifffoundation]

Clostridium difficile Research Suggests That Positively Selected Sites In the Surface Layer Proteins May Play A Role In Driving the Emergence of Hyper-virulent Strains

Clostridium difficile Research Suggests That Positively Selected Sites In the Surface Layer Proteins May Play A Role In Driving the Emergence of Hyper-virulent Strains

Mark Lynch,

Thomas A. Walsh,

Izabela Marszalowska,

Andrew E. Webb,

Micheál MacAogain,

Thomas R. Rogers,

Henry Windle,

Dermot Kelleher,

Mary J. O’Connell†Email author and

Christine E. Loscher†

To Read Abstract/Article In Its Entirety Please Click On the Following Link:

https://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-017-0937-8

  Abstract Background

Clostridium difficileis a…

View On WordPress