Discovery of LFF571: an investigational agent for Clostridium difficile infection.
LaMarche, M.J., Leeds, J.A., Amaral, A., Brewer, J.T., Bushell, S.M., Deng, G., Dewhurst, J.M., Ding, J., Dzink-Fox, J., Gamber, G., Jain, A., Lee, K., Lee, L., Lister, T., McKenney, D., Mullin, S., Osborne, C., Palestrant, D., Patane, M.A., Rann, E.M., Sachdeva, M., Shao, J., Tiamfook, S., Trzasko, A., Whitehead, L., Yifru, A., Yu, D., Yan, W., Zhu, Q.(2012) J Med Chem 55: 2376-2387
- PubMed: 22315981 
- DOI: 10.1021/jm201685h
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3U2Q - PubMed Abstract: 
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a Gram positive, anaerobic bacterium that infects the lumen of the large intestine and produces toxins. This results in a range of syndromes from mild diarrhea to severe toxic megacolon and death. Alarmingly, t ...