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In vitro activity of surotomycin against contemporary clinical isolates of toxigenic Clostridium difficile strains obtained in Spain.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2015
Reigadas E, Alcalá L, Marín M, Pelaéz T, Martin A, Iglesias C, Bouza E
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OBJECTIVES: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhoea in developed countries. Metronidazole and vancomycin are the mainstay of treatment, although they are associated with treatment failure and recurrence. Novel agents have emerged to address these shortcomings. We investigated the in vitro activity of a novel agent, surotomycin (formerly CB-183,315), and seven...
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