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SUBMITTER: Jones RN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC166062 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jones Ronald N RN Farrell David J DJ Morrissey Ian I
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20030801 8
Resistance to quinupristin-dalfopristin (Q/D) among gram-positive cocci has been very uncommon. Two clinical isolates among 8,837 (0.02%) Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates were discovered in 2001 to 2002 with Q/D MICs of 4 micro g/ml. Each had a 5-amino-acid tandem duplication (RTAHI) in the L22 ribosomal protein gene (rplV) preventing synergistic ribosomal binding of the streptogramin combination. Similar gene duplication has been reported in Q/D-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. ...[more]