Green Myke R, Anasetti Claudio, Sandin Ramon L, Rolfe Nancy E, Greene John N
Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, University of South Florida, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2006 Sep;12(3):179-81. doi: 10.1177/1078155206069165.
Daptomycin has demonstrated antibacterial activity against several antibiotic-resistant strains, including vancomycin-resistant enterococci. A paucity of data exists concerning in vivo development of daptomycin resistance of enterococci. We describe an allogeneic bone marrow transplant patient, who was found to have vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus durans bacteremia, which subsequently developed resistance to daptomycin.