COMMENTARY: Bartlett JG, Onderdonk AB, Cisneros RL, Kasper DL. Clindamycin-Associated Colitis Due to a Toxin-Producing Species of Clostridium in Hamsters. J Infect Dis 1977; 136:701.

Presents a follow-up article to the paper "Clindamycin-Associated Colitis Due to a Toxin-Producing Species of Clostridium in Hamsters," by J.G. Bartlett and colleagues in "Journal of Infectious Disease" dated 1977. Background to the previous paper; Summary of studies included; Postscript on highlights of subsequent developments.