Multicity Outbreak of Linezolid‐ResistantStaphylococcus epidermidisAssociated with Clonal Spread of acfr‐Containing Strain | Zendy

Hector Bonilla | Zendy; Michael D. Huband | Zendy; Joan Seidel | Zendy; Helen Schmidt | Zendy; Marykay Lescoe | Zendy; Sandra P. McCurdy | Zendy; M. Megan Lemmon | Zendy; LORI BRENNAN | Zendy; Amelia TaitKamradt | Zendy; Laura Puzniak | Zendy; John P. Quinn | Zendy

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Multicity Outbreak of Linezolid‐ResistantStaphylococcus epidermidisAssociated with Clonal Spread of acfr‐Containing Strain

Author(s) -

Hector Bonilla,

Michael D. Huband,

Joan Seidel,

Helen Schmidt,

Marykay Lescoe,

Sandra P. McCurdy,

M. Megan Lemmon,

LORI BRENNAN,

Amelia TaitKamradt,

Laura Puzniak,

John P. Quinn

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/656281

Subject(s) - linezolid , staphylococcus epidermidis , outbreak , medicine , clone (java method) , microbiology and biotechnology , 23s ribosomal rna , staphylococcus aureus , strain (injury) , virology , biology , gene , bacteria , genetics , rna , vancomycin , ribosome

We report a multicity outbreak of cfr-containing linezolid-resistant 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.

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