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Investigation of mechanism and molecular epidemiology of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in China.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2014
Wang Lipeng, He Yunyan, Xia Yun, Wang Huijuan, Liang Shumei
Abstract excerpt
Enterococcus is a major cause of important nosocomial infections. Linezolid, the first member of an entirely new class of antibiotics (oxazolidinones), is effective against serious infections caused by Enterococcus. However, resistance to linezolid has been discovered throughout the world rapidly. From 2011 to 2013, nine linezolid-resistant E. faecalis isolates were collected and the possible mechanisms of...
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