Clostridium Difficile Carriage in Elderly Subjects and 1 Associated Changes in the Intestinal Microbiota
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CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE CARRIAGE IN ELDERLY SUBJECTS AND 1 ASSOCIATED CHANGES IN THE INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA 2 3 Mary C. Rea, Orla O’Sullivan, Fergus Shanahan, Paul W. O’Toole, 4 Catherine Stanton, R. Paul Ross * and Colin Hill. 5 †Both authors contributed equally. 6 7 Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork Ireland, 8 Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Ireland, 9 Department of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland, 10 Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Ireland. 11 Running title: Clostridium difficile carriage and the elderly 12 13 Corresponding Author: 14 *R. Paul Ross 15 Teagasc Food Research Centre 16 Moorepark, 17 Fermoy, 18 Co. Cork 19 Ireland 20 Email: [email protected] 21 Telephone Number: 003532542229 22 Fax Number: 003532542340 23 24 25 Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.05176-11 JCM Accepts, published online ahead of print on 7 December 2011
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تاریخ انتشار 2011