Emergence of daptomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a critically ill patient with postoperative intra-abdominal sepsis

Rev Esp Quimioter. 2015 Apr;28(2):109-10.

Authors

F Ballester¹, I Pujol, P Cueto, C Rovira, S Iftimie, J Camps

Affiliation

¹ Frederic Ballester, Microbiology Department, Laboratori de Referència Sud, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan, Avinguda Cambra de Comerç 42, 43204 Reus (Tarragona),Spain. fballester@grupsagessa.com.

PMID: 25904519

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Critical Illness
Daptomycin / pharmacology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
Female
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / microbiology*
Sepsis / microbiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Daptomycin