Activity of Hospital Disinfectants against Vegetative Cells and Spores of Clostridioides difficile Embedded in Biofilms-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Activity of Hospital Disinfectants against Vegetative Cells and Spores of Clostridioides difficile Embedded in Biofilms

Published:2019-12-20 Issue:1 Volume:64 Page:
ISSN:0066-4804
Container-title:Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
language:en
Short-container-title:Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Author:

Rashid Tasnuva¹²,Haghighi Farnoosh¹,Hasan Irtiza¹,Bassères Eugénie¹,Alam M. Jahangir¹,Sharma Shreela V.²,Lai Dejian²,DuPont Herbert L.¹²,Garey Kevin W.¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, Texas, USA

2. University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA

Abstract

Clostridioides difficile spores can survive in the environment in either mono- or mixed-species biofilms. However, no previous studies have investigated chemical disinfection of C. difficile spores embedded in biofilms. Thus, the purpose of this study was to assess the in vitro effectiveness of hospital disinfectants against C. difficile spores embedded within biofilms.

Funder

HHS | NIH | NIH Clinical Center

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AAC.01031-19

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