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Assessment of Tedizolid In Vitro Activity and Resistance Mechanisms against a Collection of Enterococcus spp. Causing Invasive Infections, Including Isolates Requiring an Optimized Dosing Strategy for Daptomycin from U.S. and European Medical Centers, 2016 to 2018
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Assessment of Tedizolid In Vitro Activity and Resistance Mechanisms against a Collection of Enterococcus spp. Causing Invasive Infections, Including Isolates Requiring an Optimized Dosing Strategy for Daptomycin from U.S. and European Medical Centers, 2016 to 2018

Cecilia G Carvalhaes, Helio S Sader, Robert K Flamm, Jennifer M Streit and Rodrigo E Mendes
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, Vol.64(4), e00175-20
03/24/2020
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00175-20
PMCID: PMC7179311
PMID: 32015026
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7179311/View
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Abstract

High-level aminoglycoside resistance was noted in 30.0% of Enterococcus faecalis and 25.2% of Enterococcus faecium isolates. Only 3.3% and 2.1% of E. faecalis isolates had elevated daptomycin MIC (≥2 mg/liter) and vancomycin resistance, respectively. In contrast, 37.4% to 40.3% of E. faecium isolates exhibited these phenotypes. Tedizolid inhibited 98.9% to 100.0% of enterococci causing serious invasive infections, including resistant subsets. Oxazolidinone resistance was mainly driven by G2576T; however, optrA and poxtA genes were also detected, including poxtA in the United States and Turkey.
Europe United States Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Daptomycin - pharmacology Drug Resistance, Bacterial - genetics Enterococcus faecalis - drug effects Enterococcus faecalis - genetics Enterococcus faecalis - isolation & purification Enterococcus faecium - drug effects Enterococcus faecium - genetics Enterococcus faecium - isolation & purification Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - drug therapy Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology Humans Microbial Sensitivity Tests Oxazolidinones - pharmacology Tetrazoles - pharmacology

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