Higher plasma vitamin D is associated with reduced risk of Clostridium difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases

Higher plasma vitamin D is associated with reduced risk of Clostridium difficile infection in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases

Background Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) have an increased risk of clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Cathelicidins are anti-microbial peptides that attenuate colitis and inhibit the effect of clostridial toxins. Plasma calcifediol [25(OH)D] stimulates production of cathelicidi...

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Main Authors: Ananthakrishnan, A. N. (Author), Cagan, A. (Author), Gainer, V. S. (Author), Cheng, S.-C (Author), Cai, T. (Author), Shaw, S. Y. (Author), Churchill, S. (Author), Karlson, E. W. (Author), Murphy, Shawn N. (Author), Kohane, I. (Author), Liao, K. P. (Author), Szolovits, Peter (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Wiley Blackwell, 2016-02-02T13:12:44Z.
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