Excretion of Host DNA in Feces Is Associated with Risk of Clostridium difficile Infection - Dewar, Ken; Loo, Vivian G.; Mehrotra, Sudeep; Vincent, Caroline; Manges, Amee R. (Journal of Immunology Research, 2015)
Keywords: Antibiotics; Case-Control Studies; Clostridium difficile; Clostridium difficile - pathogenicity; Clostridium infections; Clostridium Infections - genetics; Clostridium Infections - microbiology; Consent; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Diagnosis; Discriminant analysis; DNA; DNA - genetics; Enterococcus; Epithelial Cells - microbiology; Escherichia; Feces; Feces - chemistry; Feces - microbiology; Female; Genetic aspects; Genomes; Health aspects; Health care; Homeostasis; Hospitalization; Humans; Immunology; Infections; Intestines - microbiology; Male; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Microbiota - physiology; Microorganisms; Patients; Physiological aspects; Review boards; Risk factors; Ruminococcus; Science education; Studies; Canada; Montreal Quebec Canada