Linezolid-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis, Portugal, 2012

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 May;20(5):903-5. doi: 10.3201/eid2005.130783.
No abstract available

Keywords: 23S rRNA mutations; L3 protein mutations; Staphylococcus epidermidis; bacteria; biofilm; linezolid resistance; outbreak.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetamides / pharmacology*
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cross Infection
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Linezolid
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Mutation
  • Oxazolidinones / pharmacology*
  • Portugal / epidemiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / classification
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / drug effects*
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / genetics

Substances

  • Acetamides
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Linezolid