High detection rate of the oxazolidinone resistance gene optrA in Enterococcus faecalis isolated from a Chinese anorectal surgery ward

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2016 Dec;48(6):757-759. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.08.008. Epub 2016 Sep 30.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Asian People
  • China / epidemiology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus faecalis / genetics*
  • Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Oxazolidinones / pharmacology*
  • Prevalence

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Oxazolidinones