Journal article
Susceptibility of Clostridium difficile Toward Antimicrobial Agents Used as Feed Additives for Food Animals
EU Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, WHO Collaborating Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Pathogens, National Food Institute1
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet2
A total of 65 toxigenic Clostridium difficile strains isolated from patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhea were tested for susceptibility to avilamycin, flavomycin, monensin, and salinomycin. Except for flavomycin the substances showed in vitro efficacy comparable to reports of the currently most commonly used drugs for treatment of C. difficile.
This indicates that these old compounds may be useful for the treatment of C. difficile infections in man and perhaps for other bacterial causes of diarrhea.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Pages: | 125-127 |
| ISSN: | 19318448 and 10766294 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1089/mdr.2010.0068 |
