TY - JOUR AU - Steinebrunner, Niels AU - Stremmel, Wolfgang AU - Weiss, Karl H. PY - 2018 TI - Ridinilazole—a novel antibiotic for treatment of Clostridium difficile infection JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 10, No 1 (January 31, 2018): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - Clostridium difficile ( C. difficile ) infection has become a major health problem worldwide and is considered to be one of the most common hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections with increasing incidence and severity (1). In Germany, the number of C. difficile infections (CDI) increased from 7 to 39 reported cases per 100,000 hospitalized patients between 2000 and 2004, with yet another doubling of numbers between 2004 and 2006 (2). UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/18366