Teicoplanin suppresses vegetative clostridioides difficile and spore outgrowth

• Main Authors: Suvash Chandra Ojha, Matthew Phanchana, Phurt Harnvoravongchai, Surang Chankhamhaengdecha, Sombat Singhakaew, Puey Ounjai, Tavan Janvilisri
• Other Authors: Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/76079
• Institution: Mahidol University

In recent decades, the incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) has remained high in both community and health-care settings. With the increasing rate of treatment failures and its ability to form spores, an alternative treatment for CDI has become a global priority. We used the microdi...