Daptomycin treatment impacts resistance in off-target populations of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium.

The antimicrobial resistance crisis has persisted despite broad attempts at intervention. It has been proposed that an important driver of resistance is selection imposed on bacterial populations that are not the intended target of antimicrobial therapy. But to date, there has been limited quantitat...

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Main Authors: Clare L Kinnear, Elsa Hansen, Valerie J Morley, Kevin C Tracy, Meghan Forstchen, Andrew F Read, Robert J Woods
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-12-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000987