%0 Journal Article
%T Sensitizing Clostridium difficile Spores With Germinants on Skin and Environmental Surfaces Represents a New Strategy for Reducing Spores via Ambient Mechanisms
%A Curtis J. Donskey
%A Michelle M. Nerandzic
%J Archive of "Pathogens and Immunity".
%D 2017
%R 10.20411/pai.v2i3.221
%X Clostridium difficile is a leading cause of healthcare-associated infections worldwide. Prevention of C. difficile transmission is challenging because spores are not killed by alcohol-based hand sanitizers or many commonly used disinfectants. One strategy to control spores is to induce germination, thereby rendering the spores more susceptible to benign disinfection measures and ambient stressors
%K Clostridium difficile
%K spores
%K disinfection
%K hand hygiene
%K germination
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5695872/