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SUBMITTER: Ghose C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4777929 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ghose Chandrabali C Eugenis Ioannis I Sun Xingmin X Edwards Adrianne N AN McBride Shonna M SM Pride David T DT Kelly Ciarán P CP Ho David D DD
Emerging microbes & infections 20160203
Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive bacillus and is the leading cause of toxin-mediated nosocomial diarrhea following antibiotic use. C. difficile flagella play a role in colonization, adherence, biofilm formation, and toxin production, which might contribute to the overall virulence of certain strains. Human and animal studies indicate that anti-flagella immune responses may play a role in protection against colonization by C. difficile and subsequent disease outcome. Here we report that r ...[more]