Calprotectin and Lactoferrin Faecal Levels in Patients with Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI): A Prospective Cohort Study

Andrew Swale; Fabio Miyajima; Paul Roberts; Amanda Hall; Margaret Little; Mike B. J. Beadsworth; Nick J. Beeching; Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona; Chris M. Parry; Munir Pirmohamed

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106118

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Calprotectin and Lactoferrin Faecal Levels in Patients with Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI): A Prospective Cohort Study

Andrew Swale ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrew Swale, Fabio Miyajima

Affiliations The Wolfson Centre for Personalised Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Fabio Miyajima ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrew Swale, Fabio Miyajima

Affiliations The Wolfson Centre for Personalised Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Paul Roberts,

Affiliation The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Amanda Hall,

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Global Heath, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Margaret Little,

Affiliations The Wolfson Centre for Personalised Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Mike B. J. Beadsworth,

Affiliations The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Nick J. Beeching,

Affiliations The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, NIHR Health Protection Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona,

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Chris M. Parry,

Affiliations Institute of Infection and Global Heath, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Munir Pirmohamed

* E-mail: munirp@liv.ac.uk

Affiliations The Wolfson Centre for Personalised Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Calprotectin and Lactoferrin Faecal Levels in Patients with Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI): A Prospective Cohort Study

Andrew Swale,
Fabio Miyajima,
Paul Roberts,
Amanda Hall,
Margaret Little,
Mike B. J. Beadsworth,
Nick J. Beeching,
Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona,
Chris M. Parry,
Munir Pirmohamed

Published: August 29, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106118

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