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Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus with ribosomal mutations conferring resistance to macrolides.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2002
Prunier Anne-Laure, Malbruny Brigitte, Tandé Didier, Picard Bertrand, Leclercq Roland
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Six strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from cystic fibrosis patients after treatment with azithromycin were cross-resistant to azithromycin and erythromycin. None of the isolates contained erm or msr(A) genes, but they all carried either A2058G/U or A2059G mutations within the rrl genes, with a majority of the rRNA copies bearing the mutation. One strain displayed an additional mutation in the rplV gene,...
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