Emergence of teicoplanin resistance during therapy of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis
Kaatz GW;Seo SM;Dorman NJ;Lerner SA;;
The Journal of infectious diseases1990Vol. 162pp. -
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Abstract
Serial isolates of Staphylococcus aureus showing two- to eightfold increases in teicoplanin minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and twofold or less increases in MICs of other glycopeptides were recovered from the blood of a patient with endocarditis in whom drug therapy was unsuccessful. Compar …