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Molecular and epidemiologic characteristics of linezolid-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci at a tertiary care hospital.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Sept 2010
Kosowska-Shick Klaudia, Julian Kathleen G, McGhee Pamela L, Appelbaum Peter C, Whitener Cynthia J
Abstract excerpt
We investigated emergence of linezolid resistance among coagulase-negative staphylococci at our tertiary care center in 2007. All 17 cases were healthcare associated, and prior administration of linezolid was documented <or=2 months before first isolation of linezolid-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci for all but 1 patient. Pulse-field gel electrophoresis analysis of the 14 available strains demonstrated...
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