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Bioinformatic and gene expression analysis, mutant selection experiments and WGS were executed to characterize fosfomycin resistance mechanisms.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Fosfomycin resistance rates were 0% (0 of 35) among MSSA and 22% (14 of 64) among MRSA, with no evidence of clonal expansion. Resistance mechanisms were putatively identified in 8 of the 14 resistant strains, including: (i) chromosomal mutations causing loss of function of the UhpT transporter; (ii) overexpression of the gene encoding the Tet38 efflux pump; and (iii) overexpression of a fosB gene encoding a fosfomycin-inactivating enzyme, which was found to be resident in the chromosome of several S. aureus lineages but not always associated with fosfomycin resistance. 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