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Detecting mutations that confer oxazolidinone resistance in gram-positive bacteria.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2007
Woodford Neil, North Sarah E, Ellington Matthew J
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to oxazolidinone antibiotics, including linezolid, in Gram-positive bacteria is mediated by single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 23S ribosomal RNA. A G2576U change (encoded by a G2576T mutation in the rRNA genes) is found in most resistant clinical isolates of enterococci and staphylococci; a variety of changes have been found in resistant mutants selected in vitro. Pyrosequencing can be used...
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