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ReviewTrends in microbiology2012

Interaction between the intestinal microbiota and host in Clostridium difficile colonization resistance.

Robert A Britton, Vincent B Young

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Review in Trends in microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
143citing papers in PubMed
13.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

143 citing papers in PubMed, 242 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert A BrittonDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Vincent B Young
Michigan State University · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Ulcerative ColitisUH3DK083993 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CHANG, EUGENE B, MEYER, FOLKER · 2010 to 2012
$8.2M
The Interplay Between Host Immunity and Clostridium difficile PathogenesisU19AI090871 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI YOUNG, VINCENT B · 2010 to 2014
$7.5M
The Impact of Microbiome Composition, Diversity, and Function on Enteric DiseaseU19AI090872 · NIAID · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MANSFIELD, LINDA S. · 2010 to 2014
$7.1M
Microbial Ecology of Helicobacter-induced ColitisR01DK070875 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI YOUNG, VINCENT B · 2007 to 2011
$1.4M
The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Ulcerative ColitisUH2DK083993 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CHANG, EUGENE B, MEYER, FOLKER · 2009 to 2009
$1.1M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has become one of the most prevalent and costly nosocomial infections. In spite of the importance of CDI, our knowledge of the pathogenesis of this infection is still rudimentary. Although previous use of antibiotics is generally considered to be the sine qua non of CDI, the mechanisms by which antibiotics render the host susceptible to C. difficile are not well defined. In this review, we will explore what is known about how the indigenous microbiota acts in concert with the host to prevent colonization and virulence of C. difficile and how antibiotic administration disturbs host-microbiota homeostasis, leading to CDI.

Indexed as

Microbial InteractionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsCross InfectionGastrointestinal TractHumansMetagenomeAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID22595318
PMCPMC3408078
OpenAlexW2034730227

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