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Aug 2026
Saturated fatty acids enhance daptomycin activity in a Fak-dependent manner in enterococci
It is demonstrated that the saturated fatty acids myristic and palmitic acids increase bacterial susceptibility to the antibiotic, even for a daptomycin-resistant clinical isolate, with highly specific effects with no impact on daptomycin susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus.
Sudan Maharjan, T. A. Getty, Quiana Dickens et al.
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