Detection of linezolid resistance due to theoptrAgene inEnterococcus faecalisfrom poultry meat from the American continent (Colombia) | Zendy

Lina M. Cavaco | Zendy; Johan Fabian Bernal | Zendy; Ea Zankari | Zendy; Maribel León | Zendy; René S. Hendriksen | Zendy; Enrique Pérez Gutiérrez | Zendy; Frank M. Aarestrup | Zendy; Pilar Donado-Godoy | Zendy

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Detection of linezolid resistance due to theoptrAgene inEnterococcus faecalisfrom poultry meat from the American continent (Colombia)

Author(s) -

Lina M. Cavaco,

Johan Fabian Bernal,

Ea Zankari,

Maribel León,

René S. Hendriksen,

Enrique Pérez Gutiérrez,

Frank M. Aarestrup,

Pilar Donado-Godoy

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkw490

Subject(s) - 23s ribosomal rna , linezolid , biology , enterococcus faecalis , plasmid , microbiology and biotechnology , enterococcus , multilocus sequence typing , tetracycline , gene , genetics , typing , genotype , staphylococcus aureus , escherichia coli , bacteria , antibiotics , vancomycin , ribosome , rna

Three Enterococcus isolates obtained from retail chicken collected in 2010-11 as part of the Colombian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (COIPARS) showed reduced susceptibility towards linezolid (MIC 8 mg/L).

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