Intestinal Inflammation and Altered Gut Microbiota Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Render Mice Susceptible to Clostridioides difficile Colonization and Infection

mBio (Jun 2021)

Affiliations

Lisa Abernathy-Close: ORCiD; Department of Internal Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Madeline R. Barron: ORCiD; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
James M. George: Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Michael G. Dieterle: ORCiD; Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Kimberly C. Vendrov: ORCiD; Department of Internal Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Ingrid L. Bergin: Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Vincent B. Young: ORCiD; Department of Internal Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Abstract

The incidence of C. difficileC. difficile