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Whole-genome analysis of a daptomycin-susceptible enterococcus faecium strain and its daptomycin-resistant variant arising during therapy.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2013
Tran Truc T, Panesso Diana, Gao Hongyu, Roh Jung H, Munita Jose M, Reyes Jinnethe, Diaz Lorena, Lobos Elizabeth A, Shamoo Yousif, Mishra Nagendra N, Bayer Arnold S, Murray Barbara E, Weinstock George M, Arias Cesar A
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Development of daptomycin (DAP) resistance in Enterococcus faecalis has recently been associated with mutations in genes encoding proteins with two main functions: (i) control of the cell envelope stress response to antibiotics and antimicrobial peptides (LiaFSR system) and (ii) cell membrane phospholipid metabolism (glycerophosphoryl diester phosphodiesterase and cardiolipin synthase [cls]). However, the genetic...
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