Identifying predictive features of Clostridium difficile infection recurrence before, during, and after primary antibiotic treatment
Abstract Background Colonization by the pathogen Clostridium difficile often occurs in the background of a disrupted microbial community. Identifying specific organisms conferring resistance to invasion by C. difficile is desirable because diagnostic and therapeutic strategies based on the human mic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-11-01
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Series: | Microbiome |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0368-1 |