An Integrated Metabolomic and Microbiome Analysis Identified Specific Gut Microbiota Associated with Fecal Cholesterol and Coprostanol in Clostridium difficile Infection

• Vijay C. Antharam ,

  * E-mail: vantharam@methodist.edu

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

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• Daniel C. McEwen,

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN, United States of America

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• Timothy J. Garrett,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

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• Aaron T. Dossey,

  Affiliation All Things Bugs LLC, Athens, GA, United States of America

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• Eric C. Li,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

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• Andrew N. Kozlov,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

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• Zhubene Mesbah,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

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• Gary P. Wang

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America, Medical Service, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

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