The precise mechanism of action is currently (13 Nov 2005) unknown; it is known that daptomycin requires calcium ions in order to work, and that the end result is bacterial cell membrane depolarisation and cell death.
The precise mechanism of action is currently (13 Nov 2005) unknown. That daptomycin requires calcium ions in order to work, and that the end result is bacterial cell membrane depolarisation. This was what it is known. That daptomycin requires calcium ions in order to work, and that the end result is cell death. This was what it is known.