(Source: ASM - American Society for Microbiology) Washington DC - January 6, 2016 - New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Michigan finds that bile acids which are altered by bacteria normally living in the large intestine inhibit the growth of Clostridium difficile, or C. diff. C. diff is a harmful bacterium that can cause painful and sometimes fatal infections. The work sheds light on the ways in which some commonly used antibiotics can promote C. diff infections by killing off the bile acid-altering microbes. The researchers' findings appear January 6 in mSphere, the American Society for Microbiology's new open access...
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