Linezolid-resistant clinical isolates of enterococci and Staphylococcus cohnii from a multicentre study in China: Molecular epidemiology and resistance mechanisms

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 317-321

  Chen, Hongbin ^a   Wu, Weiyuan ^b   Ni, Ming ^c   Liu, Yingmei ^d   Zhang, Jixia ^e   Xia, Fei ^f   He, Wenqiang ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Wang, Zhanwei ^a   Cao, Bin ^d   Wang, Hui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHENZHEN PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Aviation General Hospital   (China)

^f THE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cfr gene; Enterococci; G2576T mutation; Linezolid resistance; Staphylococcus cohnii

Indexed keywords

LINEZOLID; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L4; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN L3; RNA 23S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CFR GENE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; TRANSPOSON; UPREGULATION;

CFR GENE; ENTEROCOCCI; G2576T MUTATION; LINEZOLID RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; OXAZOLIDINONES; PLASMIDS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884700862     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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