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New medium offers faster, cheaper drug-resistance detection

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New medium offers faster, cheaper drug-resistance detection
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A critical problem in treating Clostridioides difficile infections is the possibility that the pathogen develops resistance to fidaxomicin, an antibiotic often prescribed as a first-line treatment. But current methods used to screen for fidaxomicin resistance are time-consuming and expensive, which could delay getting effective antibiotics to patients.

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