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- Title
Multicity Outbreak of Linezolid-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Associated with Clonal Spread of a cfr-Containing Strain.
- Authors
Bonilla, Hector; Huband, Michael D.; Seidel, Joan; Schmidt, Helen; Lescoe, MaryKay; McCurdy, Sandra P.; Lemmon, M. Megan; Brennan, Lori A.; Tait-Kamradt, A.; Puzniak, Laura; Quinn, John P.
- Abstract
We report a multicity outbreak of cfr-containing linezolidresistant Staphylococcus epidermidis in Ohio. Thirty-nine isolates were obtained from 2 hospitals. Two clones with different mechanisms of linezolid resistance were circulating in hospital A. One of these contained the cfr gene, and the other a ribosomal mutation. The clone containing cfr was identical in both hospitals.
- Subjects
OHIO; STAPHYLOCOCCAL diseases; RIBOSOME structure; GRAM-negative bacterial diseases; PHENOTYPIC plasticity; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; DIAGNOSIS; INFECTIOUS disease transmission
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2010, Vol 51, Issue 7, p769
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/656281