Intrinsic Class D β-Lactamases of <italic toggle="yes">Clostridium difficile</italic>

ABSTRACT Clostridium difficile is the causative agent of the deadly C. difficile infection. Resistance of the pathogen to β-lactam antibiotics plays a major role in the development of the disease, but the mechanism of resistance is currently unknown. We discovered that C. difficile encodes class D β...

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Main Authors: Marta Toth, Nichole K. Stewart, Clyde Smith, Sergei B. Vakulenko
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8081a353a6874a4090b4509fee48d0d5
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