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. 2010 Oct 1;51(7):796-800.
doi: 10.1086/656281.

Multicity outbreak of linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis associated with clonal spread of a cfr-containing strain

Hector Bonilla  1 , Michael D Huband, Joan Seidel, Helen Schmidt, Marykay Lescoe, Sandra P McCurdy, M Megan Lemmon, Lori A Brennan, A Tait-Kamradt, Laura Puzniak, John P Quinn
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Multicity outbreak of linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis associated with clonal spread of a cfr-containing strain

Hector Bonilla et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We report a multicity outbreak of cfr-containing linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis in Ohio. Thirty-nine isolates were obtained from 2 hospitals. Two clones with different mechanisms of linezolid resistance were circulating in hospital A. One of these contained the cfr gene, and the other a ribosomal mutation. The clone containing cfr was identical in both hospitals.

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