Incidence of Colorectal Cancer After Intestinal Infection Due to Clostridioides difficile
Raina K. Patel,
Matthew Cardeiro,
Lexi Frankel
et al.
Abstract:Background
Clostridioides difficile
(
C. difficile
or
C. diff
) is a toxin-producing bacteria that is notorious for causing life-threatening diarrhea. Recent literature has investigated various effects of
Clostridioides difficile
infection (CDI) in cancer patients, but research into the impact of CDI on the development of cancer and its effects on the microbiome is limited. CDI predominately affects the… Show more
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