Successful treatment of a neonate with persistent vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteremia with a daptomycin-containing regimen

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Table 1 Antimicrobial susceptibility for Enterococcus faecium isolate

Antimicrobial	Method of susceptibility Testing	MIC (μg/mL)	Susceptibility interpretation
Ampicillin	Vitek system (VS)*	≥32	R
	E-test	256	R
Gentamicin	VS	500	S
Linezolid	VS	2	S
Quinupristin/dalfopristin	VS	0.5	S
Tetracycline/doxycycline	VS	1	S
Vancomycin	VS	≥32	R
Daptomycin	E-test^†	1	S
Rifampin	Disk diffusion	Not applicable	S

Abbreviations: MIC, mean inhibitory concentration.

* bioMerieux, Durham, NC;

† AB Biodisk, Solona, Sweden.

Figure 1 Patient course in relation to blood culture results and antimicrobial therapy.

Abbreviations: Va,vancomycin; Li, linezolid; Amp/Sulb, ampicillin/sulbactam; Quin/Dalfo,quinprisitin/dalfopristin; Rif, rifampin; Da, daptomycin