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Linezolid resistance: detection of the cfr(B) gene in French clinical MRSA strains.

Benjamin YouenouPatricia Martins SimoesAnne TristanEric FarfourClémence BeauruelleCamille KolendaAnne-Gaëlle RancFrançois VandeneschFrédéric LaurentCéline Dupieux
Published in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2022)
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first description of the presence of cfr(B) in staphylococci, more specifically in linezolid-resistant MRSA strains. This finding illustrates the risk of horizontal intergenus transfer of oxazolidinone resistance genes in Staphylococcus aureus and highlights the need to monitor such emergence in this species.
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