| Literature DB >> 19546366 |
Leyla Boumghar-Bourtchaï1, Anne Dhalluin, Brigitte Malbruny, Sébastien Galopin, Roland Leclercq.
Abstract
We compared the propensities of Enterococcus faecalis JH2-2 and of the recombination-deficient JH2-2 recA strain to develop mutational resistance to linezolid. In both organisms, a mutation in a single rrl copy conferred resistance to linezolid. Delay in acquisition of the mutation by other rrl copies in JH2-2 recA showed that gene conversion contributed to the acquisition of resistance.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19546366 PMCID: PMC2737844 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01633-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191