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This project investigates the mechanisms by which gut microbiota can prevent Clostridium difficile infections. By focusing on nutrient competition, it aims to identify specific gut bacteria that can outcompete C. difficile, potentially leading to new probiotic treatments.
Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, anaerobic bacterium that relies on the disturbance of the normal gut microbiota to colonize the human intestinal tract and cause infection and disease.
In the last decade new strains of C. difficile have emerged to cause outbreaks of increased disease severity and higher recurrence and mortality rates. C. difficile infection (CDI) is becoming refractory to the conventional antibiotic treatments and probiotic-based approaches are viewed as promising alter…
UNIVERSITAT WIEN
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