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. 2014 May 13;5(3):e00894-14. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00894-14

TABLE 2 .

Genetic characteristics of LRCoNS (n = 28)

Case Species ST cfr cfr
plasmid
% of 23S rRNA copies harboring SNV
L3
mutation(s)
L4
mutation
Linezolid
MIC
(µg/ml)a
G2576U C2534U G2447U U2504A
1 S. epidermidis 5 0 20 0 0 H146Q, V154L, A157R 71 N 128
2 5 Present Smallb 0 20 0 0 H146Q, V154L, A157R 71 N 256
3 5 Present Small 0 20 0 0 H146Q, V154L, A157R 71 N >256
4 5 0 20 0 0 H146Q, V154L, A157R 71 N 32
6 23 Present Largec 0 0 0 0 D159L 128
7 23 0 0 0 0 D159L K68N 16
19 23 100 100 0 0 32
20 23 Present Large 0 0 0 0 D159L 128
5 23 0 0 0 0 D159L 8
13 23 Present Large 0 0 0 0 D159L 8
18 23 Present Large 0 0 0 0 D159L 32
28 23 Present Large 0 0 0 0 D159L 128
22 23 100 0 0 0 16
14 24 Present Small 0 40 0 0 H146Q, V154L, A157R 71 N >256
15 185 0 0 100 0 A157R >256
27 186 0 40 0 0 H146Q, V154L, A157R 71 N 32
23 186 Present Small 0 40 0 0 V154L, A157R 71 N >256
17 186 0 40 0 0 H146Q, V154L, A157R 71 N 32
25 186 Present Small 0 40 0 0 H146Q, V154L, A157R 71 N >256
26 186 0 40 0 0 H146Q, V154L, A157R 71 N 64
21 186-like 0 40 0 0 H146Q, V154L, A157R 71 N 32
8 S. haemolyticus 100 100 100 100 64
10 100 100 100 100 64
24 100 100 100 100 64
11 100 100 100 100 64
12 100 100 100 100 128
16 100 100 100 100 G139R 64
9 100 100 100 100 64
a 

Determined by broth microdilution.

b 

Small (2.8- to 3.8-kb) plasmid with homology to the cfr-carrying plasmid identified in Staphylococcus cohnii (14).

c 

Large (17-kb) plasmid with 70% homology to the cfr-carrying plasmid pSCFS1, identified in Staphylococcus sciuri (13).