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Protocolo para Caracterizar as Alterações Morfológicas<em> Clostridium difficile</em> Em resposta ao tratamento antibiótico
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Immunology and Infection
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JoVE Journal Immunology and Infection
A Protocol to Characterize the Morphological Changes of Clostridium difficile in Response to Antibiotic Treatment

Protocolo para Caracterizar as Alterações Morfológicas<em> Clostridium difficile</em> Em resposta ao tratamento antibiótico

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May 25, 2017

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12:58 min
May 25, 2017

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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.

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