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In vivo selection of rifamycin-resistant Clostridium difficile during rifaximin therapy.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2012
Carman Robert J, Boone James H, Grover Harish, Wickham Kimberly N, Chen Li
Abstract excerpt
We report the selection of Clostridium difficile resistant to the rifamycin class of antibiotics in a patient within 32 h of receiving rifaximin for the treatment of recurrent C. difficile diarrhea. Resistance was associated with single nucleotide substitutions within rpoB.
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