Open AccessMolecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Clostridioides difficile isolates in Algerian hospitals
Author(s) -
Youcef Boudjelal,
Marcela Krůtová,
Abla Djebbar,
Mohammed Sebaihia,
Mohammed El Amine Bekara,
Samir Rouabhia,
Jeanne Couturier,
Rabab Syed-Zaidi,
Frédéric Barbut
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.16056
Subject(s) - multilocus sequence typing , microbiology and biotechnology , clindamycin , biology , antibiotic resistance , metronidazole , molecular epidemiology , tetracycline , clostridium difficile toxin a , antibiotics , clostridium difficile , genotype , gene , genetics
Clostridioides difficile is a major pathogen responsible for hospital-associated diarrhoea. This study investigated the molecular epidemiology and antibiotic resistance of C. difficile isolates in five Algerian hospitals.