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Daptomycin non-susceptible, vancomycin intermediate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from a chronic leg ulcer, Italy

Paola Di CarloCaterina MamminaDaniela Maria PalmaCelestino BonuraRachele MonasteroAurora AleoCinzia Calà

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Microbiology (medical)Settore MED/07 - Microbiologia E Microbiologia ClinicaMicrococcaceaeGeneral Immunology and Microbiologybiologymedicine.drug_classbusiness.industryAntibioticsGeneral Medicinebiochemical phenomena metabolism and nutritionbacterial infections and mycosesmedicine.disease_causebiology.organism_classificationMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusMicrobiologyInfectious DiseasesStaphylococcus aureusmedicineMRSA daptomycin drug resistanceVancomycinDaptomycinbusinessmedicine.drugAntibacterial agentStaphylococcal Skin Infections

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To the Editor,Human infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sequence type 398 (ST398) have been emerging in recent y in Europe [1–3]. Most studies have shown a stron...

https://doi.org/10.3109/00365548.2010.524662