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Linezolid-resistant ST36 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with prolonged linezolid treatment in two paediatric cystic fibrosis patients.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Mar 2010
Hill Robert L R, Kearns Angela M, Nash James, North Sarah E, Pike Rachel, Newson Timothy, Woodford Neil, Calver Richard, Livermore David M
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OBJECTIVES: To describe the emergence of linezolid-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) of sequence type (ST)36 lineage in two paediatric patients with cystic fibrosis, after long-term low-dose linezolid treatment. METHODS: Two paediatric males with cystic fibrosis had sputum samples quantitatively cultured during hospitalization. After the isolation of MRSA from both patients, oral...
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