Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of ceftaroline against Clostridium difficile and propensity to induce C. difficile infection in an in vitro human gut model | Zendy

Simon D. Baines | Zendy; C. H. Chilton | Zendy; G. S. Crowther | Zendy; S. L. Todhunter | Zendy; Jane Freeman | Zendy; M. H. Wilcox | Zendy

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Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of ceftaroline against Clostridium difficile and propensity to induce C. difficile infection in an in vitro human gut model

Author(s) -

Simon D. Baines,

C. H. Chilton,

G. S. Crowther,

S. L. Todhunter,

Jane Freeman,

M. H. Wilcox

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt107

Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , microbiology and biotechnology , c difficile , antimicrobial , in vitro , clostridiaceae , biology , medicine , antibiotics , biochemistry , toxin

To examine the effects of exposure to ceftaroline or ceftriaxone on the epidemic Clostridium difficile strain PCR ribotype 027 and the indigenous gut microflora in an in vitro human gut model. Additionally, the MICs of ceftriaxone and ceftaroline for 60 C. difficile isolates were determined.

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