Development of a Novel Vaccine Containing Binary Toxin for the Prevention of Clostridium difficile Disease with Enhanced Efficacy against NAP1 Strains

Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) are a leading cause of nosocomial diarrhea in the developed world. The main virulence factors of the bacterium are the large clostridial toxins (LCTs), TcdA and TcdB, which are largely responsible for the symptoms of the disease. Recent outbreaks of CDI have be...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Secore, Susan, Wang, Su, Doughtry, Julie, Xie, Jinfu, Miezeiewski, Matt, Rustandi, Richard R., Horton, Melanie, Xoconostle, Rachel, Wang, Bei, Lancaster, Catherine, Kristopeit, Adam, Wang, Sheng-Ching, Christanti, Sianny, Vitelli, Salvatore, Gentile, Marie-Pierre, Goerke, Aaron, Skinner, Julie, Strable, Erica, Thiriot, David S., Bodmer, Jean-Luc, Heinrichs, Jon H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5268477/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28125650
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170640
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