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Mutations associated with reduced surotomycin susceptibility in Clostridium difficile and Enterococcus species.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2015
Adams Hannah M, Li Xiang, Mascio Carmela, Chesnel Laurent, Palmer Kelli L
Abstract excerpt
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is an urgent public health concern causing considerable clinical and economic burdens. CDI can be treated with antibiotics, but recurrence of the disease following successful treatment of the initial episode often occurs. Surotomycin is a rapidly bactericidal cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic that is in clinical trials for CDI treatment and that has demonstrated superiority over...
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