Article
Emergence and dissemination of a linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus capitis clone in Europe.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2017
Butin M, Martins-Simões P, Pichon B, Leyssene D, Bordes-Couecou S, Meugnier H, Rouard C, Lemaitre N, Schramm F, Kearns A, Spiliopoulou I, Hyyryläinen H-L, Dumitrescu O, Vandenesch F, Dupieux C, Laurent F
Abstract excerpt
Objectives: We investigated the epidemiological, clinical, microbiological and genetic characteristics of linezolid-resistant (LZR) Staphylococcus capitis isolates from French ICUs, and compared them with LZR S. capitis isolates from other European countries. Methods: All LZR isolates were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) and the presence of cfr and optrA genes as well as mutations in the...
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