Clostridium difficile phages: still difficult?
Phages that infect Clostridium difficile were first isolated for typing purposes in the 1980s, but their use was short lived. However, the rise of C. difficile epidemics over the last decade has triggered a resurgence of interest in using phages to combat this pathogen. Phage therapy is an attractiv...
Main Authors: | Katherine Rose Hargreaves, Martha Rebecca Jane Clokie |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00184/full |
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