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Resistance to linezolid: characterization of mutations in rRNA and comparison of their occurrences in vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2001
Prystowsky J, Siddiqui F, Chosay J, Shinabarger D L, Millichap J, Peterson L R, Noskin G A
Abstract excerpt
To assess the potential for emergence of resistance during the use of linezolid, we tested 10 clinical isolates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) (four Enterococcus faecalis, five Enterococcus faecium, and one Enterococcus gallinarum) as well as a vancomycin-susceptible control (ATCC 29212) strain of E. faecalis. The enterococci were exposed to doubling dilutions of linezolid for 12 passes. After the...
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