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Diet low in carbohydrates, high in fat and protein can be good for the waistline, but new study shows that just the opposite may help to reduce the hospital-acquired infection caused by Clostridioides difficile. The study appears in imSystems/i, an open access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
UNLV scientists found that an interaction between antibiotic use and a high-fat/high-protein diet exacerbate iC. diff/i infections in mice. Conversely, they found that a high-carbohydrate ...