Plasmid-mediated metronidazole resistance in Clostridioides difficile
I. Boekhoud, B. V. H. Hornung, A. E. Sevilla Romeo, C. Harmanus, I. M. J. G. Bos-Sanders, E. Terveer, R. Bolea, J. Corver, E. J. Kuijper, W. K. Smits
This paper identifies a plasmid, pCD-METRO, as the first reported cause of plasmid-mediated metronidazole resistance in Clostridioides difficile, showing its global dissemination and horizontal transfer potential.
bioRxiv · May 29, 2019Microbiology