Drug disarms deadly C. difficile bacteria without destroying healthy gut flora

23 septiembre 2015

Scientists have successfully defeated a dangerous intestinal pathogen, Clostridium difficile, with a drug targeting its toxins rather than its life. C. difficile is responsible for more than 250,000 hospitalizations and 15,000 deaths per year in the United States, costing the country more than $4 billion in health-care expenses, said the study’s senior author.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150923151402.htm

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