Clinical-Use-Associated Decrease in Susceptibility of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium to Linezolid: a Comparison with Quinupristin-Dalfopristin

• Published in: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Vol. 48; no. 9; pp. 3583 - 3585
• Main Authors: RAAD, Issam I, HANNA, Hend A, HACHEM, Ray Y, DVORAK, Tanya, ARBUCKLE, Rebecca B, CHAIBAN, Gassan, RICE, Louis B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.09.2004
• Subjects: Acetamides; Acetamides - pharmacology; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Biological and medical sciences; Drug Utilization; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Enterococcus faecium; Enterococcus faecium - drug effects; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - epidemiology; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology; Humans; Linezolid; Mechanisms of Resistance; Medical sciences; Oxazolidinones; Oxazolidinones - pharmacology; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Point Mutation - genetics; RNA, Bacterial - genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 23S - genetics; Vancomycin Resistance; Virginiamycin; Virginiamycin - analogs & derivatives; Virginiamycin - pharmacology; Linezolid; Use; Quinupristin; Dalfopristin; Streptococcaceae; Enterococcus faecium; Antibiotic; Polypeptide; Oxazolidinone derivative; Streptogramins; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Antibacterial agent; Oxazole derivatives; Comparative study

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