Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus gallinarum isolate of swine origin carrying cfr, optrA and poxtA genes.
Sonia Nina CoccittoMarzia CinthiSimona FioritiGianluca MorroniSerena SimoniCarla VignaroliCristiana GarofaloMarina MingoiaAndrea BrencianiEleonora GiovanettiPublished in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2022)
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first description of a linezolid-resistant E. gallinarum isolate of swine origin carrying cfr, optrA and poxtA genes. The co-presence of three linezolid resistance determinants in an intrinsically vancomycin-resistant enterococcal species is cause of concern.