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Identification of a novel tedizolid resistance mutation in rpoB of MRSA after in vitro serial passage.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 19 Jan 2021
Shen Tianwei, Penewit Kelsi, Waalkes Adam, Xu Libin, Salipante Stephen J, Nath Abhinav, Werth Brian J
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OBJECTIVES: Tedizolid is an oxazolidinone antimicrobial with activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including MRSA. Tedizolid resistance is uncommon and tedizolid's capacity to select for cross-resistance to other antimicrobials is incompletely understood. The objective of this study was to further explore the phenotypic and genetic basis of tedizolid resistance in MRSA. METHODS: We selected for tedizolid...
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