ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2023
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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative genomic analysis of Clostridioides difficile strains in Mexico: insights into virulence and resistance.Access microbiology · 2026Article
- A severe Clostridioides difficile ribotype 027 infection in Beijing, China, july 2024.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Identification of pathways to high-level vancomycin resistance in Clostridioides difficile that incur high fitness costs in key pathogenicity traits.PLoS biology · 2024Article
- Reduced Vancomycin Susceptibility in Clostridioides difficile Is Associated With Lower Rates of Initial Cure and Sustained Clinical Response.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2024Article
- Histidine kinase-mediated cross-regulation of the vancomycin-resistance operon in Clostridioides difficile.Molecular microbiology · 2024Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Clostridioides difficile, the primary cause of nosocomial antibiotic-associated diarrhea, has a complex relationship with antibiotics. While the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics disrupts the gut microbiota and increases the risk of C. difficile infection (CDI), antibiotics are also the primary treatment for CDI. However, only a few antibiotics, including vancomycin, fidaxomicin, and rifaximin, are effective against CDI, and resistance to these antibiotics has emerged recently. In this study, we report the identification of two RT027 C. difficile clinical isolates (TGH35 and TGH64) obtained from symptomatic CDI-diagnosed patients in Tampa, Florida in 2016. These two strains showed an elevated minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of vancomycin (MIC = 4 μg/mL, compared to the EUCAST breakpoint of 2 μg/mL) and contained a
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