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De Novo Daptomycin-Nonsusceptible Enterococcal Infections

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Potential emergence of enterococcal daptomycin nonsusceptibility among patients with no prior exposure to daptomycin poses clinical and public health challenges. We found that development of infections with daptomycin-nonsusceptible enterococci in these patients could be associated with sporadic emergence and clonal spread.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid1804.110932

Authors: Theodoros Kelesidis, Romney Humphries, Daniel Z. Uslan, David Pegues

Institution: University of California, Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Subfield: Molecular Medicine

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences