Soluble Non-Starch Polysaccharides From Plantain (Musa x paradisiaca L.) Diminish Epithelial Impact of Clostridioides difficile

• Main Authors: Hannah L. Simpson (Author), Carol L. Roberts (Author), Louise M. Thompson (Author), Cameron R. Leiper (Author), Nehana Gittens (Author), Ellie Trotter (Author), Carrie A. Duckworth (Author), Stamatia Papoutsopoulou (Author), Fabio Miyajima (Author), Paul Roberts (Author), Niamh O'Kennedy (Author), Jonathan M. Rhodes (Author), Barry J. Campbell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. Adhesion of this Gram-positive pathogen to the intestinal epithelium is a crucial step in CDI, with recurrence and relapse of disease dependent on epithelial interaction of its endospores. Close proximity...