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Novel Structure of Enterococcus faecium-Originated ermB-Positive Tn1546-Like Element in Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2016
Wan Tsai-Wen, Hung Wei-Chun, Tsai Jui-Chang, Lin Yu-Tzu, Lee Hao, Hsueh Po-Ren, Lee Tai-Fen, Teng Lee-Jene
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We determined the resistance determinants in 274 erythromycin-resistant methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolates during a 13-year period, 2000 to 2012. The resistance phenotypes, inducible macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin (iMLS), constitutive MLS (cMLS), and macrolide-streptogramin (MS) resistance phenotypes, were examined by a double-disk diffusion D test. The ermB gene was more frequent...
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