Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3377788 | Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection | 2016 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This case report describes a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated repeatedly from the blood of a patient with community-acquired endocarditis who developed a four-fold increase in the minimal inhibitory concentration of vancomycin and daptomycin 7 months after his last exposure to glycopeptide antibiotics. This is contrary to the expected situation in which antimicrobial resistance tends to decrease after a patient is no longer exposed to vancomycin.
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Authors
Cheng Len Sy, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Kuan-Sheng Wu, Hung-Chin Tsai, Yung-Ching Liu, Yao-Shen Chen,