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Review
. 2020 Jan;8(1):10.1128/microbiolspec.arba-0020-2017.
doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.ARBA-0020-2017.

Antimicrobial Resistance in Clostridium and Brachyspira spp. and Other Anaerobes

Marie Archambault  1 , Joseph E Rubin  2
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Review

Antimicrobial Resistance in Clostridium and Brachyspira spp. and Other Anaerobes

Marie Archambault et al. Microbiol Spectr. 2020 Jan.

Abstract

This article describes the antimicrobial resistance to date of the most frequently encountered anaerobic bacterial pathogens of animals. The different sections show that antimicrobial resistance can vary depending on the antimicrobial, the anaerobe, and the resistance mechanism. The variability in antimicrobial resistance patterns is also associated with other factors such as geographic region and local antimicrobial usage. On occasion, the same resistance gene was observed in many anaerobes, whereas some were limited to certain anaerobes. This article focuses on antimicrobial resistance data of veterinary origin.

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