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Susceptibility of Clostridium difficile toward antimicrobial agents used as feed additives for food animals.

Abstract
A total of 65 toxigenic Clostridium difficile strains isolated from patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhea were tested for susceptibility to avilamycin, flavomycin, monensin, and salinomycin. Except for flavomycin the substances showed in vitro efficacy comparable to reports of the currently most commonly used drugs for treatment of C. difficile. This indicates that these old compounds may be useful for the treatment of C. difficile infections in man and perhaps for other bacterial causes of diarrhea.
AuthorsFrank M Aarestrup, Michael Tvede
JournalMicrobial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) (Microb Drug Resist) Vol. 17 Issue 1 Pg. 125-7 (Mar 2011) ISSN: 1931-8448 [Electronic] United States
PMID20950192 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Copyright© Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Chemical References
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Food Additives
Topics
  • Animal Feed
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents (administration & dosage, adverse effects, pharmacology)
  • Clostridioides difficile (drug effects, isolation & purification)
  • Diarrhea (microbiology)
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous (drug therapy, microbiology)
  • Feces (microbiology)
  • Food Additives
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests

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