Article
Emergence of teicoplanin resistance during therapy of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 1990
Kaatz G W, Seo S M, Dorman N J, Lerner S A
Abstract excerpt
Serial isolates of Staphylococcus aureus showing two- to eightfold increases in teicoplanin minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and twofold or less increases in MICs of other glycopeptides were recovered from the blood of a patient with endocarditis in whom drug therapy was unsuccessful. Com...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Endocarditis, Bacterial
- Female
- Glycopeptides
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
