Failure of daptomycin monotherapy for endocarditis caused by an Enterococcus faecium strain with vancomycin-resistant and vancomycin-susceptible subpopulations and evidence of in vivo loss of the vanA gene cluster

A patient with native valve endocarditis caused by a vancomycin "heteroresistant" strain of Enterococcus faecium experienced failure of daptomycin monotherapy without evidence of daptomycin resistance. The infecting organism exhibited in vivo emergence of a vancomycin-susceptible subpopula...

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Autores:

Arias, Cesar A.
Torres, Harrys A.
Singh, Kavindra V.
Panesso, Diana
Moore, Judson
Wanger, Audrey
Murray, Barbara E.

Tipo de recurso:

Article of journal

Fecha de publicación:

2007

Institución:

Universidad El Bosque

Repositorio:

Repositorio U. El Bosque

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:repositorio.unbosque.edu.co:20.500.12495/5246

Acceso en línea:

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/5246
https://doi.org/10.1086/522656
https://repositorio.unbosque.edu.co

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