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Fidaxomicin Inhibits Spore Production in Clostridium difficile
Fidaxomicin (FDX) is a novel antimicrobial agent with narrow-spectrum and potent bactericidal activity against Clostridium difficile. In recent clinical trials, FDX was superior to vancomycin in preventing recurrences of C. difficile infection. A possible mechanism of reducing recurrence may be thro...
Autores principales: | Babakhani, Farah, Bouillaut, Laurent, Gomez, Abraham, Sears, Pamela, Nguyen, Ly, Sonenshein, Abraham L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3388029/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22752866 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis453 |
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