Se battre ou fuir ? : mécanismes de tolérance à l'oxygène et morphogenèse des spores dans l'entéropathogène Clostridium difficile

  • Feliciano, Carolina
Publication date
February 2019
Publisher
HAL CCSD

Abstract

The strict anaerobe and sporogenic Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. Spores have a central role in the C. difficile infectious cycle: resistance outside the host, persistence of bacteria during infection and transmission of the disease. When ingested by the host, in the presence of certain bile salts, C. difficile spores germinate in the colon to form vegetative cells that secrete toxins and cause the symptoms of infection. Vegetative cells are exposed to several stresses, among them, reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) produced by the host immune system during inflammation. Furthermore, although the intestinal tract is regarded as mainly anoxic, low oxygen (O2) tensions are present i...

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