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Comparative Study
. 2006 May;50(5):1890-2.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.50.5.1890-1892.2006.

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Clostridium difficile and its relation to PCR ribotypes in a Swedish university hospital

Olle Aspevall  1 , Annika Lundberg, Lars G Burman, Thomas Akerlund, Bo Svenungsson
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Comparative Study

Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Clostridium difficile and its relation to PCR ribotypes in a Swedish university hospital

Olle Aspevall et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 May.

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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