Linezolid-resistant enterococci: Report of the first isolates in the United Kingdom

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 743-746

  Auckland, Cressida ^a   Teare, Louise ^b   Cooke, Fiona ^c   Kaufmann, Mary E ^d   Warner, Marina ^d   Jones, Graeme ^a   Bamford, Kathy ^c   Ayles, Helen ^c   Johnson, Alan P ^d  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Chelmsford Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Linezolid; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIBOSOME RNA; VANCOMYCIN; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA SEQUENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; AGED; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OXAZOLIDINONES;

EID: 0036848247     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkf246     Document Type: Article

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