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Bacteria rapidly develop resistance to new antibiotic
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Correspondence: John K Borchardt jkborchardt@aol.com
Genome Biology 2001, 2:spotlight-20010423-02 doi:10.1186/gb-spotlight-20010423-02
Published: 23 April 2001The new antibiotic linezolid has so far been effective against bacteria resistant to other antibiotics. But a limited study now indicates that vancomycin-resistant enterococcus can quickly become resistant to linezolid during extended treatment.