Emergence of Daptomycin Resistance in Daptomycin-Naïve Rabbits with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infection Is Associated with Resistance to Host Defense Cationic Peptides and mprF Polymorphisms

Title
Emergence of Daptomycin Resistance in Daptomycin-Naïve Rabbits with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infection Is Associated with Resistance to Host Defense Cationic Peptides and mprF Polymorphisms
Authors
Keywords
Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Fatty acids, Cell walls, Prosthetic device infections, Animal models of infection, Genome sequencing, Evolutionary emergence
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 8, Issue 8, Pages e71151
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2013-08-20
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0071151

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