Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Clostridium difficile and Its Relation to PCR Ribotypes in a Swedish University Hospital
- 1 May 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 50 (5), 1890-2
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.50.5.1890-1892.2006
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.Keywords
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