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. 1981 Nov;34(2):626-8.
doi: 10.1128/iai.34.2.626-628.1981.

Suppression of Clostridium difficile by normal hamster cecal flora and prevention of antibiotic-associated cecitis

K H Wilson, J Silva, F R Fekety

Suppression of Clostridium difficile by normal hamster cecal flora and prevention of antibiotic-associated cecitis

K H Wilson et al. Infect Immun. 1981 Nov.

Abstract

Administration of normal cecal homogenates decreased numbers of viable Clostridium difficile and prevented cecitis in antibiotic-challenged hamsters. Cecal anaerobes appeared to suppress C. difficile.

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