We report a case of non-daptomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecium bloodstream infection in a patient with no previous exposure to daptomycin. To our knowledge, this is the first report of de novo resistance to daptomycin in a clinical isolate. An 84-year-old man was admitted to the hospital
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