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ArticleAnnals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials2024

Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple mechanisms of linezolid resistance in clinical enterococci in China.

Ziran Wang, Danping Liu, Jingjia Zhang, Lingli Liu, Zeming Zhang, Chang Liu, Songnian Hu, Linhuan Wu, Zilong He, Hongli Sun

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Article in Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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  3. Emergence of Linezolid Resistance GenesInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  4. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2025
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  5. Linezolid in the Focus of Antimicrobial Resistance ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  7. Emergence of Linezolid Resistance GenesAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  9. Molecular Characterization of Linezolid-Non-SusceptibleInfection and drug resistance · 2025
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  10. Prevalence and genetic diversity ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2024
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Ziran Wang *Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1 Shuaifuyuan Wangfujing, Dongcheng, Beijing, 100730, P.R. China.
Danping Liu *School of Engineering Medicine, Beihang University, Rd37, xueyuan, Haidian, Beijing, 100191, P.R. China.
Jingjia ZhangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1 Shuaifuyuan Wangfujing, Dongcheng, Beijing, 100730, P.R. China.
Lingli LiuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1 Shuaifuyuan Wangfujing, Dongcheng, Beijing, 100730, P.R. China.
Zeming ZhangSchool of Engineering Medicine, Beihang University, Rd37, xueyuan, Haidian, Beijing, 100191, P.R. China.
Chang LiuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Huaxin Hospital, The First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Songnian HuState Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Linhuan WuState Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zilong HeSchool of Engineering Medicine, Beihang University, Rd37, xueyuan, Haidian, Beijing, 100191, P.R. China. hezilong@buaa.edu.cn.
Hongli SunDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No.1 Shuaifuyuan Wangfujing, Dongcheng, Beijing, 100730, P.R. China. sunhl2010@sina.com.

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFF0703805
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInfections caused by linezolid-resistant enterococci (LRE) are clinically difficult to treat and threaten patient health. However, there is a lack of studies on long time-span LRE strains in China. For this reason, our study comprehensively revealed the resistance mechanisms of LRE strains collected in a Chinese tertiary care hospital from 2011 to 2022.

methodsEnterococcal strains were screened and verified after retrospective analysis of microbial data. Subsequently, 65 LRE strains (61 Enterococcus faecalis and 4 Enterococcus faecium, MIC ≥ 8 µg/ml), 1 linezolid-intermediate Enterococcus faecium (MIC = 4 µg/ml) and 1 linezolid-susceptible Enterococcus faecium (MIC = 1.5 µg/ml) were submitted for whole-genome sequencing (WGS) analysis and bioinformatics analysis.

resultsThe optrA gene was found to be the most common linezolid resistance mechanism in our study. We identified the wild-type OptrA and various OptrA variants in 98.5% of LRE strains (61 Enterococcus faecalis and 3 Enterococcus faecium). We also found one linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium strain carried both optrA and cfr(D) gene, while one linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium only harbored the poxtA gene. Most optrA genes (55/64) were located on plasmids, with impB-fexA-optrA, impB-fexA-optrA-erm(A), fexA-optrA-erm(A), and fexA-optrA segments. A minority of optrA genes (9/64) were found on chromosomes with the Tn6674-like platform. Besides, other possible linezolid resistance-associated mechanisms (mutations in the rplC and rplD genes) were also found in 26 enterococcal strains.

conclusionsOur study suggested that multiple mechanisms of linezolid resistance exist among clinical LRE strains in China.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsDrug Resistance, BacterialEnterococcus faecalisEnterococcus faeciumGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsLinezolidMicrobial Sensitivity TestsWhole Genome SequencingBacterial ProteinsChinaEnterococcusGenome, BacterialGenomicsHumansMolecular EpidemiologyRetrospective StudiesAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsLinezolidEnterococcus faecalisEnterococcus faeciumLinezolidoptrAWhole-genome sequencing

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PMCPMC11070108

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