TY - GEN T1 - Fluoroquinolone Resistance and Clostridium difficile, Germany AU - Zaiß, Henning AU - Witte, Wolfgang AU - Nübel, Ulrich AB - We characterized 670 Clostridium diffi cile isolates collected from patients in 84 hospitals in Germany in 2008. PCR ribotyping showed high prevalence of ribotype 001 and restricted dissemination of ribotype 027 strains. Fluoroquinolone resistance and associated gyrase mutations were frequent in various ribotypes, but no resistance to metronidazole or vancomycin was noted. KW - Bacterial/genetics KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology KW - Humans KW - Polymerase Chain Reaction KW - Germany/epidemiology KW - Prevalence KW - Clostridium difficile/genetics KW - Enterocolitis KW - Ribotyping KW - Drug Resistance KW - Pseudomembranous/microbiology KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use KW - Microbial Sensitivity Tests KW - Clostridium difficile/drug effects KW - Pseudomembranous/drug therapy KW - Fluoroquinolones/pharmacology KW - Fluoroquinolones/therapeutic use KW - Metronidazole/pharmacology KW - Vancomycin/pharmacology KW - 610 Medizin PY - 2010 LA - eng PB - Robert Koch-Institut VL - 16 IS - 4 DO - 10.3201/eid1604.090859 ER -