High Prevalence and Overexpression of Fosfomycin-Resistant Gene fosX in Enterococcus faecium From China

Enterococci are one of the main causes of gastrointestinal tract infections in the healthcare system and can develop resistance to fosfomycin through plasmid or chromosomally encoded fosfomycin resistance genes. To investigate the mechanisms of fosfomycin resistance, a total of 4,414 clinical isolat...

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Main Authors: Ling Xin, Xiaogang Xu, Qingyu Shi, Renru Han, Jue Wang, Yan Guo, Fupin Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.900185/full