Interest in animal microbiomes as therapeutics is rapidly expanding, as techniques to study
the microbial world decrease in cost and increase in accessibility and case studies from …

Disease suppressive soils typically develop after a disease outbreak due to the subsequent
assembly of protective microbiota in the rhizosphere. The role of the plant immune system in …

Background Atopic dermatitis (AD) is one of the most common skin diseases with a
multifactorial etiology. Mutations leading to loss of skin barrier function are associated with …

Background Upper respiratory infections (URI) and their complications are a major
healthcare burden for pediatric populations. Although the microbiology of the nasopharynx …

Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic relapsing inflammatory bowel
disorders (IBD), the pathogenesis of which is uncertain but includes genetic susceptibility …

Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) infection (CDI) can result from the
disruption of the resident gut microbiota. Western diets and popular weight-loss diets drive …

This study sought to characterize the bacterial and fungal microbiota changes associated
with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) among inpatients with diarrhea, in order to further …

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common inflammatory skin disease affecting up to 20% of
children and 3% of adults worldwide and is associated with dysregulation of the skin barrier …

Highlights•Two drugs have been FDA-approved for Clostridium difficile infection in the past
30 years.•Thirteen treatments are currently in clinical development.•The treatments in …

The germination of ingested spores is often a necessary first step required for enabling
bacterial outgrowth and host colonization, as in the case of Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) …