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Varying linezolid susceptibility of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates during therapy: a case report.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2005
Swoboda Stefanie, Fritz Stefan, Martignoni Marcus E, Feldhues Rita A, Hoppe-Tichy Torsten, Buchler Markus W, Geiss Heinrich K
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OBJECTIVES: Linezolid is an oxazolidinone antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Resistance to linezolid has been associated with a G2576U mutation in domain V of the 23S rRNA. PATIENT AND METHODS: We present clinical details and susceptibility data from multiple Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from a liver transplant patient over 13 months. MICs of...
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