Infection: Modulation of Clostridium difficile infection by dietary zinc

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 686-688

  Seekatz, Anna M ^a   Young, Vincent B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CALGRANULIN; CEFOPERAZONE; ZINC;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SLC39A8 GENE; ZINC HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84994571196     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2016.177     Document Type: Short Survey

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