| Literature DB >> 16048983 |
Nicole Wolter1, Anthony M Smith, David J Farrell, William Schaffner, Matthew Moore, Cynthia G Whitney, James H Jorgensen, Keith P Klugman.
Abstract
Two clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates, identified as resistant to macrolides and chloramphenicol and nonsusceptible to linezolid, were found to contain 6-bp deletions in the gene encoding riboprotein L4. The gene transformed susceptible strain R6 so that it exhibited such resistance, with the transformants also showing a fitness cost. We demonstrate a novel bacterial mechanism of resistance to chloramphenicol and nonsusceptibility to linezolid.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16048983 PMCID: PMC1196237 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.8.3554-3557.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191