Dietary fructo-oligosaccharide modulates large intestinal inflammatory responses to Clostridium difficile in antibiotic-compromised mice

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 157-166

  Gaskins, H R ^a   Mackie, R I ^a   May, T ^a   Garleb, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

caecum; Clostridium difficile; colonisation resistance; intestinal immune system; intestinal microbiota

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 0029957211     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1234-987X(199607)9:4<157::AID-MEH424>3.3.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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