A clone of linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis bearing the G2576T mutation is endemic in an Italian hospital

J Hosp Infect. 2016 Oct;94(2):203-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.07.012. Epub 2016 Jul 25.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Linezolid / pharmacology*
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Point Mutation*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / genetics*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / classification
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / genetics
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 23S
  • Linezolid