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SUBMITTER: Locke JB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4249436 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Locke Jeffrey B JB Zuill Douglas E DE Scharn Caitlyn R CR Deane Jennifer J Sahm Daniel F DF Goering Richard V RV Jenkins Stephen G SG Shaw Karen J KJ
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20140818 11
The cfr gene was identified in three linezolid-resistant USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates collected over a 3-day period at a New York City medical center in 2011 as part of a routine surveillance program. Each isolate possessed a plasmid containing a pSCFS3-like cfr gene environment. Transformation of the cfr-bearing plasmids into the S. aureus ATCC 29213 background recapitulated the expected Cfr antibiogram, including resistance to linezolid, tiamulin, clindamy ...[more]