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Diversity of moxifloxacin resistance during a nosocomial outbreak of a predominantly ribotype ARU 027 Clostridium difficile diarrhea.
Anaerobe - 1 Dec 2009
Carman Robert J, Genheimer Christopher W, Rafii Fatemeh, Park Miseon, Hiltonsmith Megan F, Lyerly David M
Abstract excerpt
To characterize the extent and diversity of moxifloxacin resistance among Clostridium difficile isolates recovered during a predominantly Anaerobe Reference Unit (ARU) ribotype 027-associated nosocomial outbreak of antibiotic associated diarrhea we measured the susceptibility of 34 field isolates and 6 laboratory strains of C. difficile to moxifloxacin. We ribotyped the isolates as well as assaying them by PCR...
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