Influence of Binary Toxin Gene Detection and Decreased Susceptibility to Antibiotics among Clostridioides difficile Strains on Disease Severity: a Single-Center Study
Deiziane Viana da Silva Costa, Natalie Pham, R. Ann Hays, David T. Bolick, Sophia M. Goldbeck, Melinda D. Poulter, Sook C. Hoang, Jae Hyun Shin, Martin Wu, Cirle A. Warren
Abstract
strains. Decreased susceptibility to antibiotics is not directly associated with either severe or recurrent CDI. However, antimicrobial susceptibility of C. difficile is decreased in strains positive for the binary toxin gene.
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FidaxomicinMicrobiologyTigecyclineClostridium difficileAntibioticsMetronidazoleClostridium difficile toxin AClindamycinMoxifloxacinCytolethal distending toxinAntibiotic resistanceVancomycinBiologyMedicineInternal medicineToxinBacteriaStaphylococcus aureusGeneticsMicrobial toxinsClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies