Update on Antimicrobial Resistance in Clostridium difficile: Resistance Mechanisms and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

Oral antibiotics such as metronidazole, vancomycin and fidaxomicin are therapies of choice for Clostridium difficile infection. Several important mechanisms for C. difficile antibiotic resistance have been described, including the acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes via the transfer of mobile...

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Published in:J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors: Peng, Zhong, Jin, Dazhi, Kim, Hyeun Bum, Stratton, Charles W., Wu, Bin, Tang, Yi-Wei, Sun, Xingmin
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5483901/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28404671
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02250-16
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