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1304829

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
Clostridium difficile was incriminated by Hughes and Jarvis (1987) as a cause of intestinal infections in USA in the 1980-1984 period in 45 p. 100 of cases, whereas Salmonellae only in 12 p. 100. Four strains of this organism are studied in this paper in comparison with ten strains of C. bifermentans and six of C. sordellii, because the three species share a common antigen and have other common characteristics, as well. However, spores of C. difficile swell the bacteria and those of other bacteria (C. bifermentans and C. sordellii) do not; C. difficile does not produce indole, whereas the other species produce it. We confirmed the selective capacity of the medium of George et al. (1979) using the "alcohol shock" and as selective agents cycloserine D and cefoxitin. C. difficile proved to be most susceptible to metronidazole and rifampin. Whereas the former antibiotic was considered as a cause of post-antibiotic intestinal infections by different authors, the second was not, to our knowledge. The strain 10463 has a considerable toxicity (1000 DLM/ml for the white mouse, and pathogenicity--2000--5000 DCL for the white mouse, as compared to 25 DCL of the other three strains). Using this toxin an antitoxic serum was obtained in horse, with a capacity of neutralizing the action of the toxin up to a dilution of 1 p. 1000.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1222-3891
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
253-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Contributions to the taxonomy and biology of Clostridium difficile.
pubmed:affiliation
Cantacuzino Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study