Infective endocarditis caused by daptomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis: a case report.

Author(s): Kanafani ZA, Federspiel JJ, Fowler VG Jr

Affiliation(s): Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

Publication date & source: 2007, Scand J Infect Dis., 39(1):75-7.

Publication type: Case Reports

Daptomycin is a first-in-class antibiotic with efficacy against Gram-positive bacteria. We document the second report of daptomycin resistance in a clinical isolate of Enterococcus faecalis.