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SUBMITTER: Leuzzi R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5396221 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leuzzi Rosanna R Adamo Roberto R Scarselli Maria M
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 20140317 6
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is recognized as a major cause of nosocomial diseases ranging from antibiotic related diarrhea to fulminant colitis. Emergence during the last 2 decades of C. difficile strains associated with high incidence, severity and lethal outcomes has increased the challenges for CDI treatment. A limited number of drugs have proven to be effective against CDI and concerns about antibiotic resistance as well as recurring disease solicited the search for novel therapeut ...[more]