Fluoroquinolone Resistance and Clostridium difficile, Germany

Fluoroquinolone Resistance and Clostridium difficile, Germany

We characterized 670 Clostridium difficile isolates collected from patients in 84 hospitals in Germany in 2008. PCR ribotyping showed high prevalence of ribotype 001 and restricted dissemination of ribotype 027 strains. Fluoroquinolone resistance and associated gyrase mutations were frequent in vari...

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Main Authors: Nils Henning Zaiß, Wolfgang Witte, Ulrich Nübel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile
bacteria
Germany
fluoroquinolone resistance
enteric infections
dispatch
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/4/09-0859_article

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