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Genotypic and phenotypic evaluation of the evolution of high-level daptomycin nonsusceptibility in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2012
Humphries Romney M, Kelesidis Theodoros, Tewhey Ryan, Rose Warren E, Schork Nicholas, Nizet Victor, Sakoulas George
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Whole-genome sequencing and cell membrane studies of three clonal Enterococcus faecium strains with daptomycin MICs of 4, 32, and 192 μg/ml were performed, revealing nonsynonymous single nucleotide variants in eight open reading frames, including those predicted to encode a phosphoenolpyruvate-de...
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