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Detection of a New cfr-Like Gene, cfr(B), in Enterococcus faecium Isolates Recovered from Human Specimens in the United States as Part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2015
Deshpande Lalitagauri M, Ashcraft Deborah S, Kahn Heather P, Pankey George, Jones Ronald N, Farrell David J, Mendes Rodrigo E
Abstract excerpt
Two linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates (MICs, 8 μg/ml) from unique patients of a medical center in New Orleans were included in this study. Isolates were initially investigated for the presence of mutations in the V domain of 23S rRNA genes and L3, L4, and L22 ribosomal proteins, as well as cfr. Isolates were subjected to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (just one band difference), and one...
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