Furustrand Tafin E. Mendes Meziane-Cherif M. Munita C. Roberts

144 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS September 9-12 | B-1337 Impact of Ciprofloxacin CIP on the Expression of Genes Involved in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 Persistence P in a Rabbit Model of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection CAUTI M. Etienne, E. Fiaux, M. David, J. Peltier, I. El Meouche, L. Gibert, J. Didi, M. Pestel-Carom, F. Caron; Rouen Univ. Hosp., Rouen, France. B-1338 Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection CAUTI in Rabbit: A Model to Explore In Vivo Bacterial Persistence in Biofilm B Infections M. Etienne, M. David, E. Fiaux, J. Peltier, M. Pestel-Caron, F. Caron; Rouen Univ. Hosp., Rouen, France. Late-breaker presentations are listed behind the Late-breaker tab of the Final Program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 166 C1 Poster Session Resistance to Staphylococcus and Other Gram-Positive Tuesday, 11:15 a.m.–1:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halls A-C Presentations: C1-1339 A Novel Staphylococcal Chromosomal Cassette Containing fusC in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Y. T. Lin, H. J. Chen, L. J. Teng; Natl. Taiwan Univ. Med. Coll., Taipei City, Taiwan.

C1-1340 A Unique IS 1216V-Flanked Composite Mobile Element from Enterococci is Distributed to ST59 Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Taiwan

W. C. Hung

1 , T. Takano 1 , Y. Iwao 1 , L. J. Teng 2 , T. Yamamoto 1 ; 1 Niigata Univ., Niigata, Japan, 2 Natl. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan. C1-1341 Characterization of the Staphylococcus aureus MepA Multi- drug Efflux Pump Using Mutagenesis D. Patel 1 , S. M. Seo 2 , B. D. Schindler 2 , G. W. Kaatz 2,1 ; 1 Wayne State Univ. Sch. of Med., Detroit, MI, 2 John D. Dingell VA Med. Ctr., Detroit, MI. C1-1342 Rifampin Resistance in Propionibacterium acnes: In Vitro Emergence and Molecular Characterization of Mutations in the RpoB Gene

U. Furustrand Tafin

1 , A. Trampuz 1 , S. Corvec 2 ; 1 Univ. Hosp., Lausanne, Switzerland, 2 Univ. Hosp., Nantes, France. C1-1343 Streptococcus sanguinis Displaying a Cross Resistance Phenotype to Several Ribosomal RNA Targeting Agents, Including Linezolid

R. E. Mendes

1 , L. M. Deshpande 1 , J. Kim 2 , D. Myers 2 , J. E. Ross 1 , R. N. Jones 1 ; 1 JMI Lab., N Liberty, IA, 2 Hershey Med. Ctr, Hershey, PA. C1-1344 Structure of Vancomycin Resistance Bifunctional D,D- DipeptidaseD,D-Carboxypeptidase VanXY from Enterococcus faecalis

D. Meziane-Cherif

1 , P. J. Stogios 2,3 , E. Evdokimova 2,3 , Z. Wawrzak 4 , A. Savchenko 2,3 , P. Courvalin 1 ; 1 Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France, 2 Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 3 Ctr. for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Toronto, Canada, 4 Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL. C1-1345 Mutations in the liaFSR System Avoid Bactericidal Killing of Daptomycin against Enterococci

J. M. Munita

1,2 , T. T. Tran 1,3 , D. Panesso 1,4 , L. Diaz 1,4 , J. Reyes 1,4 , B. E. Murray 1 , C. A. Arias 1,4 ; 1 Univ. of Texas Med. Sch., Houston, TX, 2 Univ. del Desarrollo Clinica Alemana Sch. of Med., Santiago, Chile, 3 Univ. of Houston Coll. of Pharm., Houston, TX, 4 Univ. El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia. C1-1346 Cadazolid, a Novel Quinolonyl-Oxazolidinone Antibiotic with Potent Activity against Clostridium difficile: In Vitro Antibac- terial Activity and Propensity for Resistance Development H. H. Locher, P. Pfaff, S. Schroeder, J. Specklin, C. Hubschwerlen, W. Keck; Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Allschwil, Switzerland. C1-1347 Cadazolid, a Novel Quinolonyl-Oxazolidinone Antibiotic: Mode of Action and Effect on Clostridium difficile Toxin and Spore Formation H. H. Locher, S. Schroeder, D. Ritz, A. Knezevic, C. Hubschwerlen, W. Keck; Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Allschwil, Switzerland. C1-1348 Characterization of Mobile e rmX And mefA Macrolide Resistance Genes in Rhodococcus equi Isolates from Pneumonic Foals

M. C. Roberts

1 , S. Giguere 2 , L. J. Berghaus 2 , N. D. Cohen 3 , D. No 1 , O. O. Soge 1 ; 1 Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2 Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, 3 Texas A M Univ., College Station, TX. C1-1349 Characterization of a New VGA Gene Homologue in Staphylococcus sciuri

C. Hot, N. Berthet, O. Chesneau; Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France. C1-1350