Life-threatening infection caused by daptomycin-resistant Corynebacterium jeikeium in a neutropenic patient.
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Daptomycin is a novel lipopeptide antibiotic agent approved for the treatment of gram-positive life-threatening infections. Here we report, for the first time, the isolation of a highly daptomycin-resistant strain of Corynebacterium jeikeium causing a life-threatening infection in a neutropenic patient undergoing cord blood transplantation for secondary acute myeloid leukemia.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 47 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009