MicrobiologybioRxiv
Plasmid-mediated metronidazole resistance in Clostridioides difficile
I. Boekhoud, B. V. H. Hornung, A. E. Sevilla Romeo…·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.
DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-14382-1