Scientific FrontlineMay 9, 2023
#Clostridioides difficile #infection causes severe #diarrhea and results in the death of nearly 20,000 patients in Europe each year. It is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections.
#Pharmaceutical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/05/phar05092301.html
Fecal beads to act at the core of the intestinal microbiota

A new method of encapsulating fecal bacteria to treat a serious intestinal infection.

The EMBO JournalMay 5, 2023

A network of small RNAs regulates sporulation initiation in #Clostridioides difficile

Franziska Faber and colleagues use small RNA/target interaction mapping in the enteric pathogen C. difficile to reveal the first RNA #chaperone #Hfq-dependent RNA interactome in a gram-positive #bacterium

https://www.embopress.org/doi/10.15252/embj.2022112858