A Protocol to Characterize the Morphological Changes of Clostridium difficile in Response to Antibiotic Treatment

Bradley Endres; Eug&#233;nie Bass&#232;res; Tasnuva Rashid; Long Chang; M. Jahangir Alam; Kevin W Garey

doi:10.3791/55383

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Protocolo para Caracterizar los Cambios Morfológicos de Clostridium difficile En respuesta al tratamiento antibiótico

A Protocol to Characterize the Morphological Changes of <em>Clostridium difficile</em> in Response to Antibiotic Treatment

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Inmunología y contagio

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JoVE Revista Inmunología y contagio

A Protocol to Characterize the Morphological Changes of Clostridium difficile in Response to Antibiotic Treatment

Protocolo para Caracterizar los Cambios Morfológicos de Clostridium difficile En respuesta al tratamiento antibiótico

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12:58 min

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May 25, 2017

DOI:

10.3791/55383-v

DOI:

10.3791/55383-v

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12:58 min

May 25, 2017

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Bradley Endres¹, Eugénie Bassères¹, Tasnuva Rashid¹, Long Chang², M. Jahangir Alam¹, Kevin W Garey¹

¹Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research,University of Houston College of Pharmacy, ²Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,University of Houston

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Summary

Antibiotic efficacy is most commonly determined by conducting killing kinetic studies and measuring colony forming units (CFUs). By integrating scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with these standard methods, we can distinguish the pharmacological effects of treatment between different antibiotics.