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Fitness cost conferred by the novel erm(51) and rpoB mutation on environmental multidrug resistant-Rhodococcus equi.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Oct 2022
Rivera-Velez Andres, Huber Laura, Sinha Samiran, Cohen Noah D
Abstract excerpt
Rhodococcus equi is a common cause of severe pneumonia in foals. Emergence of macrolide-resistant R. equi isolated from foals and their environment has been reported in the United States. A novel erm(51) gene was recently identified in R. equi in soil from horse farms in Kentucky. Our objective was to determine the effect of the erm(51) gene and associated rpoB mutation on the fitness of multidrug resistant-R....
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