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Clostridium difficile infection
Nature Reviews Disease Primers volume 2, Article number: 16021 (2016)
Clostridium difficile infection is an increasingly common infective healthcare-associated diarrhoea. This PrimeView highlights how the bacterium causes disease, which typically emerges after antibiotic-mediated dysbiosis of the gut.
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Clostridium difficile infection. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2, 16021 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2016.21
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2016.21