Clostridium difficile Responds to Antimicrobial Peptides and Oxidative Stress

Clostridium difficile (CD) is the leading cause of bacterial hospital-associated infection in North America. How CD colonizes the human host, including its response to the innate immune system and other stresses, is poorly understood. This work considers CD's defenses against two stresses found...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McQuade, Rebecca
Other Authors: Viswanathan, V.K.
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2015
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/578613