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Table 3 Cell wall thickness measured by TEM

From: Mechanisms of linezolid resistance in staphylococci and enterococci isolated from two teaching hospitals in Shanghai, China

Species

Strains

Cell wall thickness a

S. capitis

HS12-102

30.76 ± 4.10

S. capitis

HS09-17

40.12 ± 6.04

S. capitis

HS09-17 + 4 μg/ml linezolid

57.54 ± 7.75

S. capitis

HS12-55

41.13 ± 6.22

S. capitis

HS12-55 + 32 μg/ml linezolid

50.52 ± 7.78

S. aureus

ATCC 29213

25.69 ± 2.17

S. aureus

HS11-202

31.74 ± 5.73

S. aureus

HS11-202 + 2 μg/ml linezolid

43.67 ± 6.30

E. faecalis

ATCC 29212

31.01 ± 5.57

E. faecalis

HS11-304

40.96 ± 7.41

E. faecalis

HS12-309

40.44 ± 5.38

E. faecalis

HS12-309 + 2 μg/ml linezolid

46.14 ± 7.55

E. faecium

HS13-194

32.42 ± 4.60

E. faecium

HS11-306

34.79 ± 5.38

  1. ameasurements (in nm) are means ± standard deviations from 30 cells per sample.
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