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Efficacy of daptomycin in the treatment of experimental endocarditis due to susceptible and multidrug-resistant enterococci
9 Oct 2006
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OBJECTIVES: Daptomycin was tested in vitro and in rats with experimental endocarditis against the ampicillin-susceptible and vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis JH2-2, the vancomycin-resistant (VanA type) mutant of strain JH2-2 (strain JH2-2/pIP819), and the ampicillin-resistant and vancomycin-resistant (VanB type) Enterococcus faecium D366. METHODS: Rats with catheter-induced aortic vegetations were...
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