Native valve endocarditis caused by corynebacterium striatum with heterogeneous high-level daptomycin resistance: collateral damage from daptomycin therapy?

We describe a patient who developed Corynebacterium striatum native valve endocarditis after receiving two 6-week courses of daptomycin for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and osteomyelitis. The organism exhibited in vitro heteroresistance to daptomycin, with...

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Autores:
Tran, Truc T.
Jaijakul, Siraya
Lewis, Cole T.
Diaz, Lorena
panesso, diana
Kaplan, Heidi B.
Beral, Valerie
Wanger, Audrey R.
Arias, César A.
Tipo de recurso:
https://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
Fecha de publicación:
2012
Institución:
Universidad El Bosque
Repositorio:
Repositorio U. El Bosque
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unbosque.edu.co:20.500.12495/3644
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/3644
https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00046-12
https://repositorio.unbosque.edu.co
Palabra clave:
Cefotaxima
Staphylococcus aureus resistente a la meticilina
Antibacterianos
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