Toxigenic and non-toxigenic Clostridium difficile: Determinants of intestinal colonisation and role in childhood atopic manifestations

Gut

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1025-1026

  Penders, J ^a,b   Stobboringh, E E ^b   Van Den Brandt, P A ^c   Van Ree, R ^d   Thijs, C ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ATOPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BREAST MILK; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ECZEMA; FOOD ALLERGY; INTESTINE FLORA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; VIRULENCE;

EID: 46349111355     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2007.143214     Document Type: Letter

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