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Case Reports
. 2005 Apr;49(4):1664-5.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1664-1665.2005.

Emergence of daptomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium during daptomycin therapy

James S Lewis 2nd, Aaron Owens, Jose Cadena, Kathryn Sabol, Jan E Patterson, James H Jorgensen
Case Reports

Emergence of daptomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium during daptomycin therapy

James S Lewis 2nd et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Apr.

Erratum in

  • Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 May;49(5):2152
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