Antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridium difficile isolated from food and environmental sources in Western Australia

Authors/Creators

Su-Chen Lim
Grace O Androga
Daniel R Knight
Peter Moono
Niki F Foster
Thomas Riley, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Abstract

We recently reported a high prevalence of Clostridium difficile in retail vegetables, compost and lawn in Western Australia. The objective of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial susceptibility of previously isolated food and environmental C. difficile isolates from Western Australia. A total of 274 C. difficile isolates from vegetables, compost and lawn were tested for susceptibility to a panel of 10 antimicrobial agents (fidaxomicin, vancomycin, metronidazole, rifaximin, clindamycin, erythromycin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, moxifloxacin, meropenem and tetracycline) using the agar incorporation method. Fidaxomicin was the most potent agent (MIC

RAS ID

27338

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

9-1-2018

ISSN

1872-7913

Volume

52

Issue

3

PubMed ID

29802886

School

School of Science

Copyright

subscription content

Publisher

Elsevier Science Publishers

Comments

Lim, S. C., Androga, G. O., Knight, D. R., Moono, P., Foster, N. F., & Riley, T. V. (2018). Antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridium difficile isolated from food and environmental sources in Western Australia. International journal of antimicrobial agents, 52 (3), p 411-415. Available here

Recommended Citation

Lim, S., Androga, G., Knight, D., Moono, P., Foster, N., & Riley, T. (2018). Antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridium difficile isolated from food and environmental sources in Western Australia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.05.013