BaiCD gene cluster abundance is negatively correlated with Clostridium difficile infection

• Philipp Solbach,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Hannover Medical School, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover, Germany, Hannover Medical School, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany

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• Patrick Chhatwal,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliations Hannover Medical School, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany

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• Sabrina Woltemate,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliations Hannover Medical School, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany

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• Evelina Tacconelli,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliations Tübingen University Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine 1, Tübingen, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Michael Buhl,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliations German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Tübingen University Hospital, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Tübingen, Germany

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• Markus Gerhard,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliations Technische Universität München, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Christoph K. Thoeringer,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliations German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany, Technische Universität München, Department of Internal Medicine II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany

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• Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliations University Hospital of Cologne, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Cologne, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, Bonn-Cologne, Germany

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• Nathalie Jazmati,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliations German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, Bonn-Cologne, Germany, University of Cologne, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Cologne, Germany

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• Jan Rupp,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliations University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Lübeck, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck, Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck, Germany

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• Michael P. Manns,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Hannover Medical School, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover, Germany

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• Oliver Bachmann ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Oliver Bachmann, Sebastian Suerbaum

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: suerbaum@mvp.uni-muenchen.de (SS); bachmann.oliver@mh-hannover.de (OB)

  Affiliations Hannover Medical School, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany

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• Sebastian Suerbaum

  Contributed equally to this work with: Oliver Bachmann, Sebastian Suerbaum

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: suerbaum@mvp.uni-muenchen.de (SS); bachmann.oliver@mh-hannover.de (OB)

  Affiliations Hannover Medical School, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany, LMU Munich, Max von Pettenkofer Institute, München, Germany

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