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A Protocol to Characterize the Morphological Changes of Clostridium difficile in Response to Antibiotic Treatment
Published on: May 25, 2017
Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Clostridium difficile and its relation to PCR ribotypes in a Swedish
Olle Aspevall1, Annika Lundberg, Lars G Burman
1Department of Clinical Microbiology, Akademiska University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. olov.aspevall@akademiska.se
Abstract:
All 238 Clostridium difficile isolates were susceptible to metronidazole and vancomycin, whereas 84% and 1% were resistant to clindamycin and fusidic acid. Etest MICs for metronidazole were lower than agar dilution MICs (P < 0.01) but without difference in susceptible-intermediate-resistant categorization. No particular PCR ribotype was associated with clindamycin or fusidic acid resistance.
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