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Toxigenicity and antimicrobial susceptibility ofClostridium difficile, a cause of antimicrobial agent-associated colitis

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Fourteen of 16 strains ofClostridium difficile, a recently recognized cause of antimicrobial agent-associated ileocolitis in laboratory animals and colitis in man, were found to be toxigenic. The susceptibility of these isolates to a variety of antimicrobial agents provides information that may be of value in assessing the means by whichC. difficile may produce colitis, in developing selective bacteriologic media for diagnosis, and in selecting appropriate antimicrobial therapy for colitis.

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  1. Infectious Disease Section, Research and Medical Services, Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital, 90073, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Sydney M. Finegold

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    W. Lance George & Vera L. Sutter

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George, W.L., Sutter, V.L. & Finegold, S.M. Toxigenicity and antimicrobial susceptibility ofClostridium difficile, a cause of antimicrobial agent-associated colitis. Current Microbiology 1, 55–58 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02601709

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