Volume 13, Number 7—July 2007

Research

Response to Emerging Infection Leading to Outbreak of Linezolid-Resistant Enterococci

Marion A. Kainer* , Rose A. Devasia*†, Timothy F. Jones*, Bryan P. Simmons‡, Kelley Melton‡, Susan Chow‡, Joyce Broyles‡, Kelly L. Moore*, Allen S. Craig*, and William Schaffner§

Author affiliations: *Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; †Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ‡Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; §Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA;

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Figure 2. Occurrence of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium in hospital A, Tennessee, January 2004–February 2005 (N = 15).

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