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

Peng, Z; Jin, DZ; Kim, HB; Stratton, CW; Wu, B; Tang, YW; Sun, XM

Sun, XM (reprint author), Univ S Florida, Dept Mol Med, Morsani Coll Med, Tampa, FL 33620 USA.; Tang, YW (reprint author), Mem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Dept Lab Med, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021 USA.; Sun, XM (reprint author), Univ S Florida, Morsan

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2017; 55 (7): 1998

Abstract

Oral antibiotics such as metronidazole, vancomycin and fidaxomicin are therapies of choice for Clostridium difficile infection. Several important mech......

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