Bacteriophage treatment significantly reduces viable Clostridium difficile and prevents toxin production in an in vitro model system.

Meader, Emma, Mayer, Melinda J, Gasson, Michael J, Steverding, Dietmar, Carding, Simon R and Narbad, Arjan (2010) Bacteriophage treatment significantly reduces viable Clostridium difficile and prevents toxin production in an in vitro model system. Anaerobe, 16 (6). pp. 549-54. ISSN 1095-8274

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Abstract

Clostridium difficile is primarily a nosocomial pathogen, causing thousands of cases of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in the UK each year. In this study, we used a batch fermentation model of a C. difficile colonised system to evaluate the potential of a prophylactic and a remedial bacteriophage treatment regime to control the pathogen. It is shown that the prophylaxis regime was effective at preventing the growth of C. difficile (p =

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Depositing User:	Rhiannon Harvey
Date Deposited:	04 Apr 2011 18:43
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2022 01:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/27980
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