Horizontal gene transmission of the cfr gene to MRSA and Enterococcus: Role of Staphylococcus epidermidis as a reservoir and alternative pathway for the spread of linezolid resistance

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 587-592

  Cafini, Fabio ^a,b   Nguyen, Le Thuy Thi ^b   Higashide, Masato ^c   Román, Federico ^d   Prieto, José ^a   Morikawa, Kazuya ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c Kotobiken Medical Laboratories   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEZOLID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CFR GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSMISSION; IN VITRO STUDY; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PLASMID;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEZOLID; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PLASMIDS; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84960797232     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkv391     Document Type: Article

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