Genetic mutations in linezolid-resistant Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus clinical isolates

Su Young Kim, Byung Woo Jhun, Seong Mi Moon, Kyeongman Jeon, O. Jung Kwon, Hee Jae Huh, Nam Yong Lee, Sung Jae Shin, Charles L. Daley, Won Jung Koh

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Abstract

There are no studies evaluating the mechanisms driving linezolid resistance in nontuberculous mycobacteria. The novel mutations G2599A and A2137T in the 23S rRNA gene and mutations A439G and G443A in the rplD gene associated with linezolid resistance were identified in linezolid-resistant M. avium complex isolates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)38-40
Number of pages3
JournalDiagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Volume94
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2019

Keywords

  • Drug resistance
  • Linezolid
  • Mycobacterium abscessus
  • Mycobacterium avium complex
  • Nontuberculous mycobacteria

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