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. 1981 Nov;34(2):626–628. doi: 10.1128/iai.34.2.626-628.1981

Suppression of Clostridium difficile by Normal Hamster Cecal Flora and Prevention of Antibiotic-Associated Cecitis

Kenneth H Wilson 1,†, Joseph Silva 1, F Robert Fekety 1
PMCID: PMC350912  PMID: 7309245

Abstract

Administration of normal cecal homogenates decreased numbers of viable Clostridium difficile and prevented cecitis in antibiotic-challenged hamsters. Cecal anaerobes appeared to suppress C. difficile.

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