Mecillinam: a low-risk antimicrobial agent for induction of Clostridium difficile infection in an in vitro human gut model.

In the past 5 years, D. W. D. has received grant support from Astellas, Merck, Pfizer, F2G, OrthoBiotech, Indevus, Basilea, The Fungal Research Trust, The Wellcome Trust, The Moulton Trust, The Medical Research Council, The Chronic Granulomatous Disease Research Trust, The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and The European Union. He has been an advisor/consultant to Basilea, Vicuron (now Pfizer), Pfizer, Schering-Plough, Indevus, F2G, Nektar, Daiichi, Sigma Tau, Astellas, Gilead and York Pharma. He has been paid for talks on behalf of Schering, Astellas, Merck, GSK, Chiron, AstraZeneca and Pfizer. He holds founder shares in F2G Ltd and Myconostica Ltd, both University of Manchester spin-out companies. All other authors: no potential conflicts of interest.