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Risk factors associated with the development of infection with linezolid- and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus
Manjunath P Pai1, Keith A Rodvold, Paul C Schreckenberger
1College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Abstract:
This retrospective cohort study revealed that linezolid resistance in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium was dependent on prior linezolid exposure and duration of linezolid therapy. These strains of E. faecium were resistant to the entire class of oxazolidinones.