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Whole genome analysis of linezolid resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals resistance and compensatory mutations.
BMC genomics - 17 Oct 2011
Billal Dewan S, Feng Jie, Leprohon Philippe, Légaré Danielle, Ouellette Marc
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BACKGROUND: Several mutations were present in the genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae linezolid-resistant strains but the role of several of these mutations had not been experimentally tested. To analyze the role of these mutations, we reconstituted resistance by serial whole genome transformation of a novel resistant isolate into two strains with sensitive background. We sequenced the parent mutant and two...
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