TABLE 5.
Correlation between serogroups of C. difficile and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns
| Antimicrobial agent (MIC [μg/ml]) | % of strains of the following serogroup
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A (n = 21) | C (n = 43) | D (n = 15) | G (n = 11) | H (n = 36) | K (n = 26) | NTa(n = 44) | |
| Erythromycin (≥1) | 47.6 | 90.5 | 86.7 | 22.2 | 66.7 | 53.8 | 48.8 |
| Clindamycin (≥2) | 52.4 | 97.6 | 93.3 | 66.7 | 80.6 | 73.1 | 76.7 |
| Tetracycline (≥8) | 9.5 | 73.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.6 | 9.3 |
| Rifampin (≥4) | 14.3 | 78.6 | 20 | 0 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 0 |
| Chloramphenicol (≥16) | 0 | 61.9 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 4.7 |
a
NT, not typeable.