C’est difficile: Researchers develop cocktail of bacteria that eradicates Clostridium difficile infection in mice
Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
In a new study, researchers used mice to identify a combination six naturally occurring bacteria that eradicate a highly contagious form of Clostridium difficile, an infectious bacterium associated with many hospital deaths. Three of the six bacteria have not been described before. This work may have significant implications for future control and treatment approaches.