Fosfomycin Resistance in Escherichia coli, Pennsylvania, USA.

ABSTRACT: Fosfomycin resistance in Escherichia coli is rare in the United States. An extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing E. coli clinical strain identified in Pennsylvania, USA, showed high-level fosfomycin resistance caused by the fosA3 gene. The IncFII plasmid carrying this gene had a structure similar to those found in China, where fosfomycin resistance is commonly described.

SUBMITTER: Alrowais H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4622254 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature