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Visualization of fidaxomicin association with the exosporium layer of Clostridioides difficile spores.
Anaerobe - 1 Jun 2021
Bassères Eugénie, Endres Bradley T, Montes-Bravo Nicolás, Pérez-Soto Nicolás, Rashid Tasnuva, Lancaster Christopher, Begum Khurshida, Alam M Jahangir, Paredes-Sabja Daniel, Garey Kevin W
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BACKGROUND: Fidaxomicin has novel pharmacologic effects on C. difficile spore formation including outgrowth inhibition and persistent spore attachment. However, the mechanism of fidaxomicin attachment on spores has not undergone rigorous microscopic studies. MATERIALS & METHODS: Fidaxomicin attachment to C. difficile spores of three distinct ribotypes and C. difficile mutant spores with inactivation of exosporium...
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