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Original Research

Development of a Standardized Scoring System to Assess a Murine Model of Clostridium difficile Colitis

Rita D. ShelbyCenter for Perinatal Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA;
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Natalie TengbergCenter for Perinatal Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA;
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Miriam ConcesDepartment of Pathology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA;
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Jacob K. OlsonCenter for Perinatal Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA;
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Jason B. NavarroCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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Michael T. BaileyCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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Steven D. GoodmanCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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Gail E. BesnerCenter for Perinatal Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 887-895 | Published online: 20 Mar 2019

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