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Characterization of a Daptomycin-Nonsusceptible Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Strain in a Patient with Endocarditis

Authors :
Aileen Rubio
Lois M. Ednie
Cynthia Whitener
Tatiana Bogdanovich
Kathleen G. Julian
Laura M. Koeth
Martin Roos
Harald Labischinski
Klaudia Kosowska-Shick
Peter C. Appelbaum
Leslie J. Parent
Source :
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 51:3445-3448
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
American Society for Microbiology, 2007.

Abstract

We analyzed the emergence of daptomycin nonsusceptibility in a patient with persistent vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) bacteremia. The daptomycin-nonsusceptible VISA's cell wall demonstrated a reduction in muramic acid O -acetylation, a phenotypic parameter not previously reported for VISA; some isolates also contained a single point mutation in the mprF gene.

Details

ISSN :
10986596 and 00664804
Volume :
51
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....357ca5cb1e2874009346f296aa258fa8