Clostridium neonatale antimicrobial susceptibility, genetic resistance determinants, and genotyping: a multicentre spatiotemporal retrospective analysis

• Published in: Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy Vol. 79; no. 2; pp. 271 - 279
• Main Authors: Ferraris, Laurent, Delannoy, Johanne, Mazuet, Christelle, Diancourt, Laure, Mesa-Schein, Victoria, Barbut, Frédéric, Aires, Julio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 01.02.2024; Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Subjects: Life Sciences; Microbiology and Parasitology; Original Research

Abstract Background Clostridium neonatale was isolated during an outbreak of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in 2002. C. neonatale was validated as a new species within the genus Clostridium sensu stricto in 2018. In the present study, we evaluated the antimicrobial susceptibility, genetic...