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Antimicrobial phenotypes and molecular basis in clinical strains of Clostridium difficile.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Sept 2007
Schmidt Christoph, Löffler Birgit, Ackermann Grit
Abstract excerpt
Clostridium difficile remains the leading cause of nosocomial-acquired diarrhea. This study investigated antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of C. difficile over a 3-year period. Three hundred seventeen C. difficile isolates recovered between 2002 and 2004 were analyzed for their susceptibility to erythromycin (ERY), clindamycin (CLI), moxifloxacin (MXF), doxycycline (DOX), vancomycin (VAN), and metronidazole...
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