Transport of daptomycin resistance genes between animals and humans as a possible mechanism for development of de novo daptomycin resistance in enterococci

Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Oct;141(10):2185-6. doi: 10.1017/S0950268812002865. Epub 2012 Dec 19.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cattle
  • Daptomycin / pharmacology*
  • Daptomycin / therapeutic use
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus faecalis / genetics*
  • Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
  • Enterococcus faecalis / pathogenicity
  • Humans
  • Meat / microbiology
  • Mutation
  • Veterinary Drugs / pharmacology*
  • Veterinary Drugs / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Veterinary Drugs
  • Daptomycin