Bacterial resistance to the cyclic glycopeptides.

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Cyclic-glycopeptide antibiotics, such as vancomycin and teicoplanin, have been almost uniformly active against pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria since their discovery in the 1950s. Resistance is now emerging among enterococci and staphylococci by acquisition of novel genes or by mutation, respectively. The mechanism of resistance for enterococci appears to be synthesis of an altered cell-wall precursor with lower...

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