Dissemination of linezolid-dependent, linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolates belonging to CC5 in German hospitals | Zendy

Franziska Layer | Zendy; Sophia Vourli | Zendy; Vasilios Karavasilis | Zendy; Birgit Strommenger | Zendy; Konstantina Dafopoulou | Zendy; Athanassios Tsakris | Zendy; Guido Werner | Zendy; Spyros Pournaras | Zendy

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Dissemination of linezolid-dependent, linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolates belonging to CC5 in German hospitals

Author(s) -

Franziska Layer,

Sophia Vourli,

Vasilios Karavasilis,

Birgit Strommenger,

Konstantina Dafopoulou,

Athanassios Tsakris,

Guido Werner,

Spyros Pournaras

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkx524

Subject(s) - linezolid , etest , staphylococcus epidermidis , microbiology and biotechnology , multilocus sequence typing , broth microdilution , staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , sccmec , biology , medicine , antibiotics , vancomycin , genetics , bacteria , gene , genotype , minimum inhibitory concentration

Linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (LRSE) and linezolid-dependent ST22 strains have been shown to predominate in tertiary care facilities all over Greece. We report herein the dissemination of ST22 but also ST2, ST5 and ST168 linezolid-dependent LRSE clones in four unrelated German hospitals.

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