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Persistence of rRNA operon mutated copies and rapid re-emergence of linezolid resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2007
Tsakris Athanassios, Pillai Satish K, Gold Howard S, Thauvin-Eliopoulos Claudie, Venkataraman Lata, Wennersten Christine, Moellering Robert C, Eliopoulos George M
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OBJECTIVES: The G2576T mutation in domain V of 23S rRNA has been most often associated with the rare cases of linezolid resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. In a linezolid-susceptible S. aureus (A8761B) possessing a single mutated (G2576T) copy, originally derived from a resistant clinical isolat...
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