Detection in Italy of two clinical Enterococcus faecium isolates carrying both the oxazolidinone and phenicol resistance gene optrA and a silent multiresistance gene cfr

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 Apr;71(4):1118-9. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkv438. Epub 2015 Dec 24.
No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus faecium / genetics*
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
  • Genes, Bacterial*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Oxazolidinones / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Oxazolidinones