Detection in Italy of two clinicalEnterococcus faeciumisolates carrying both the oxazolidinone and phenicol resistance geneoptrAand a silent multiresistance genecfr: Table 1.

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Sir, In a century in which the issue of emerging antibiotic resistance is being dominated by severe concerns chiefly regarding Gram-negative organisms, the multiresistance gene cfr is probably the greatest emerging problem in Gram-positive pathogens, particularly staphylococci and enterococci. The concern over this problem is motivated not only by the fact that the resistance involves linezolid—widely used in...

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