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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of daptomycin-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains: relative roles of mprF and dlt operons.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Mishra Nagendra N, Bayer Arnold S, Weidenmaier Christopher, Grau Timo, Wanner Stefanie, Stefani Stefania, Cafiso Viviana, Bertuccio Taschia, Yeaman Michael R, Nast Cynthia C, Yang Soo-Jin
Abstract excerpt
Development of in vivo daptomycin resistance (DAP-R) among Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates, in association with clinical treatment failures, has become a major therapeutic problem. This issue is especially relevant to methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains in the context of invasive endovascular infections. In the current study, we used three well-characterized and clinically-derived...
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