| Literature DB >> 18391028 |
Marc H Scheetz1, Stephanie A Knechtel, Michael Malczynski, Michael J Postelnick, Chao Qi.
Abstract
Clinical enterococcal resistance to linezolid is defined by the presence of the G2576T mutation. We evaluated the incidence of genetically proven linezolid resistance among vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium strains and linezolid consumption for a possible association. A relationship was found (r(2) = 0.73, P = 0.03) and predicts increasing resistance with current trends of linezolid use.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18391028 PMCID: PMC2415807 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00070-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191