A mutation in the glycosyltransferase gene lafB causes daptomycin hypersusceptibility in Enterococcus faecium | Zendy

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A mutation in the glycosyltransferase gene lafB causes daptomycin hypersusceptibility in Enterococcus faecium

Author(s) -

Suelen Scarpa de Mello,

Daria Van Tyne,

François Lebreton,

Simone Q Silva,

Mara Corrêa Lelles Nogueira,

Michael S. Gilmore,

Ilana Lopes Baratella da Cunha Camargo

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkz403

Subject(s) - daptomycin , enterococcus faecium , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , genetics , bacteria , antibiotics , vancomycin , staphylococcus aureus

To verify dissemination of daptomycin-non-susceptible Enterococcus faecium in a hospital where daptomycin was not in use and to understand the evolutionary pathways connecting daptomycin hypersusceptibility to non-susceptibility.

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