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Genomic analysis of teicoplanin resistance emerging during treatment of vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium infections in solid organ transplant recipients including donor-derived cases.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2013
Holmes Natasha E, Ballard Susan A, Lam Margaret M C, Johnson Paul D R, Grayson M Lindsay, Stinear Timothy P, Howden Benjamin P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: We noted four cases of apparent in vivo emergence of teicoplanin resistance during failed therapy for initially teicoplanin-susceptible vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) infections in solid organ transplant recipients at our institution over a 12 month period. We...
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