Dismissing the apparent contradiction of having toxigenic #Cdiff in healthy infants by saying “infants have immature intestinal mucosa that lacks the receptors for Cdiff toxins” (a claim dating back to '86 and never confirmed in full-term human infants) is not enough anymore.

While we are aware of the intrinsic limitations of our metag. approach, we hope this study will invite further interdisciplinary investigation on the dynamics at play between #Cdifficile, its #toxins and the #infant mucosa

Our meta-analysis on #Cdifficile from the @BorkLab is now published as a reviewed preprint in @eLife!

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.90111.1