Emergence of daptomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium during daptomycin therapy

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Apr;49(4):1664-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1664-1665.2005.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Daptomycin / pharmacology*
  • Daptomycin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Daptomycin