Detection of poxtA2, a Presumptive poxtA Ancestor, in a Plasmid from a Linezolid-Resistant Enterococcus gallinarum Isolate

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2021 Jul 16;65(8):e0069521. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00695-21. Epub 2021 Jul 16.

Ilaria Baccani¹, Alberto Antonelli^{1

2}, Vincenzo Di Pilato^{2

3}, Marco Coppi^{1

2}, Tiziana Di Maggio⁴, Michele Spinicci^{1

5}, Ana Liz Villagran⁶, Carmen Revollo⁷, Alessandro Bartoloni^{1

5}, Gian Maria Rossolini^{1

2}

¹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florencegrid.8404.8, Florence, Italy.
² Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
³ Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
⁴ Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
⁵ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
⁶ Hospital Básico Villa Montes, Villa Montes, Plurinational State of Bolivia.
⁷ Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud "Dr. Nestor Morales Villazón" (INLASA), La Paz, Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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Keywords: Enterococcus; IS1216; linezolid resistance; poxtA.

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