Emergence and spread of moxifloxacin-resistant Clostridium difficile ribotype 231 in Sweden between 2006 and 2015

An aggregation of moxifloxacin-resistant Clostridium difficile ribotype 231 (RT231) isolates was first identified in the county of Stockholm in 2008, and by the end of 2015 isolates of RT231 had spread to 13 of 21 Swedish counties. We investigated the epidemiology of C. difficile RT231 in Sweden bet...

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Main Authors: Harvala, H., Alm, E., Åkerlund, T., Rizzardi, K.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5061077/