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Genetic features of the poxtA linezolid resistance gene in human enterococci from France.

Loren DejoiesMohamed SassiSacha SchutzJulie MoreauxAsma ZouariSophie PotrelAnaïs ColletMaxime LecourtGabriel AugerVincent Cattoir
Published in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2021)
The poxtA gene has been circulating among clinical enterococci in France since at least 2016, mostly in E. faecium and independently from optrA. The poxtA-carrying plasmids often co-carried resistance genes to phenicols and tetracyclines, and could have been co-selected through their veterinary use.
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