Characterization of poxtA, a novel phenicol–oxazolidinone–tetracycline resistance gene from an MRSA of clinical origin
Author(s) -
Alberto Antonelli,
Marco Maria D’Andrea,
Andrea Brenciani,
Cesira L. Galeotti,
Gianluca Morroni,
Simona Pollini,
Pietro E. Varaldo,
Gian María Rossolini
Publication year - 2018
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/dky088
Subject(s) - biology , enterococcus faecalis , enterococcus faecium , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , transposable element , tetracycline , linezolid , context (archaeology) , staphylococcus aureus , genome , escherichia coli , antibiotics , vancomycin , bacteria , paleontology
To characterize a novel phenicol-oxazolidinone-tetracycline resistance gene, named poxtA, identified in a previously described MRSA strain that was highly resistant to linezolid and also carried the cfr gene.
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