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Emergence of Daptomycin-Nonsusceptible Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates Among Daptomycin-Naive Patients in Korea.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jun 2018
Nam Eun Young, Yang Soo-Jin, Kim Eu Suk, Cho Jeong Eun, Park Kyung-Hwa, Jung Sook-In, Yoon Nara, Kim Dong-Min, Lee Chang-Seop, Jang Hee-Chang, Park Yoonseon, Lee Kkot Sil, Kwak Yee Gyung, Lee Jae Hoon, Park Seong Yeon, Hwang Joo-Hee, Kim Moonsuk, Song Kyoung-Ho, Kim Hong Bin
Abstract excerpt
This study was conducted to assess emergence of daptomycin-nonsusceptible (DAP-NS) phenotype in DAP-naive patients with invasive Staphylococcus aureus (ISA) infections in Korea. A total of 208 S. aureus clinical isolates were selected from a previous prospective study on ISA infections and evaluated for DAP-NS. Although DAP has never been introduced in Korea, five DAP-NS S. aureus strains (2.4%) were identified...
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