Effect of hospital disinfectants on spores of clinical Brazilian Clostridium difficile strains.

Thaís Gonçalves Ferreira,Thaís Barbosa,Felipe Lopes Teixeira,Eliane de Oliveira Ferreira,Rafael Silva Duarte,Regina Maria Cavalcanti Pilotto Domingues,Geraldo Renato de Paula

Effect of hospital disinfectants on spores of clinical Brazilian Clostridium difficile strains.

2013

Thaís Gonçalves Ferreira
Thaís Barbosa
Felipe Lopes Teixeira
Eliane de Oliveira Ferreira
Rafael Silva Duarte
Regina Maria Cavalcanti Pilotto Domingues
Geraldo Renato de Paula

Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the sporicidal activity of hospital disinfectants against spores of two Brazilian Clostridium difficile ribotypes and the BI/NAP1/027. Our results showed that CloroRio ® and Cidex Opa ® were the most efficient agents for eliminating spores of C difficile .

Keywords:

Microbiology
Spore
Clostridium
Biology
c difficile
clostridium difficile

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