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SUBMITTER: Kieffer N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7179281 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kieffer Nicolas N Poirel Laurent L Descombes Marie-Christine MC Nordmann Patrice P
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20200324 4
Fosfomycin is gaining renewed interest for treating urinary tract infections. Monitoring fosfomycin resistance is therefore important in order to detect the emergence of novel resistance mechanisms. Here, we used the Rapid Fosfomycin NP test to screen a collection of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> isolates from Switzerland and found a fosfomycin-resistant isolate in which a novel plasmid-mediated fosfomycin resistance gene, named <i>fosL1</i>, was identified. The ...[more]