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Chemotherapy 2005;51:86-88 (DOI: 10.1159/000085615)

  Key Words

• Linezolid
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Resistant subpopulations

  Abstract

In our study, we aim to determine the existence of microorganisms that are heteroresistant to linezolid among Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in our setting between 1996 and 2002; during this period, linezolid was not used in clinical practice. There was no resistant subpopulation to 4 mg/l of linezolid in 99.4% of the strains. On the other hand, 16.46% of the strains exhibited resistant subpopulations to 4 µg/ml of vancomycin. However, the emergence of strains resistant to this drug has been described and the emergence of resistant strains should be monitored.

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  Author Contacts

Juan Carlos Rodríguez Díaz
Laboratorio de Microbiología
Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Camí de l'almazara s/n
ES-03203 Elche, Alicante (Spain)
Tel. +34 96 6679048, Fax +34 96 6679108, E-Mail micro_elx@gva.es

  Article Information

Received: April 5, 2004
Accepted after revision: November 2, 2004
Published online: May 9, 2005
Number of Print Pages : 3
Number of Figures : 0, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 24