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Determination of a Tentative Epidemiological Cut-Off Value (ECOFF) for Dalbavancin and Enterococcus faecium

Antibiotics, 2021
Dalbavancin is a lipoglycopeptide antibiotic that shows potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria. It circumvents vanB-type glycopeptide resistance mechanisms; however, data on the in vitro activity of dalbavancin for Enterococcus faecium (E ...
Robert E. Weber, Carola Fleige, Franziska Layer, Bernd Neumann, Michael Kresken, Guido Werner   +5 more
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Mandatory Notification of Panton–Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Saxony, Germany: Analysis of Cases from the City of Leipzig in 2019

Microorganisms, 2023
In Germany, Saxony is the only federal state where the detection of a Panton–Valentine Leukocidin (PVL)-positive Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has to be notified to the local health authority (LHA).
Utta Helbig, Constance Riemschneider, Guido Werner, Nancy Kriebel, Franziska Layer-Nicolaou   +4 more
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Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of high-level gentamicin resistant enterococci isolated from urine at a hospital in Pune, India

IMC Journal of Medical Science, 2023
Introduction: Enterococci are one of the common organisms isolated from hospitalized patients with urinary tract infections. Guidelines recommend testing enterococcifor susceptibility to high-level gentamicin (HLG) and streptomycin. The present study was
Nageswari R. Gandham, Shahzad Mirza, Chanda Vyawahare, Rajashri Patil, Sahjid Mukhida, Sriram Kannuri, Shalini Bhaumik   +6 more
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MAGNITUDE OF VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FECAL COLONIZATION AND BACTEREMIA IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGICAL DISEASES AT TERTIARY BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT CENTRE RAWALPINDI

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To discover the frequency of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) fecal colonization and subsequent bacteremia in patients with hematological diseases in a bone marrow transplant center. Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Nargis Sabir, Luqman Satti, Abeera Ahmed, Gohar Zaman, Raheel Iftikhar, Nasir Ud Din   +5 more
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Distribution and Antibiotic Resistance of Streptococci and Enterococci Isolated from Dental Caries and Healthy People

Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2022
Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most significant challenges globally that threatens our ability to treat infectious diseases.
Shahad Fadhil Al-Taie1, Muna T. Al- Musawi2, Zaid S. Rasheed3   +2 more
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Speciation and Susceptibility Pattern of Enterococcal Species with Special Reference to High Level Gentamicin and Vancomycin [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
Introduction: Enterococci have emerged as the second most common cause of nosocomial infections in the gastrointestinal tract, oral cavity and genitourinary tract. The common species of Enterococci which cause human infections are E.
Vibi Varghese, Ardra R Menon, K Prithi Nair   +2 more
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Intestinal microbiota modulation at the strain level by the olive oil polyphenols in the diet

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
IntroductionPreviously we have reported a r16S gene next generation sequencing study on the effect of high fat diets in the intestinal microbiota using a murine model. However, many important microbial traits occur at strain level and, in order to detect
Natalia Andújar-Tenorio, Antonio Cobo, Ana Mª Martínez-Rodríguez, Marina Hidalgo, Isabel Prieto, Antonio Gálvez, Magdalena Martínez-Cañamero   +6 more
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Genomic Characterization of Enterococcus hirae From Beef Cattle Feedlots and Associated Environmental Continuum

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Enterococci are commensal bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract of humans, animals, and insects. They are also found in soil, water, and plant ecosystems.
Sani-e-Zehra Zaidi, Sani-e-Zehra Zaidi, Rahat Zaheer, Ruth Barbieri, Shaun R. Cook, Sherry J. Hannon, Calvin W. Booker, Deirdre Church, Deirdre Church, Gary Van Domselaar, Athanasios Zovoilis, Tim A. McAllister   +11 more
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Impact of short-term storage on the quantity of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase–producing Escherichia coli in broiler litter under practical conditions [PDF]

, 2020
Applying broiler litter containing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)–producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) to arable land poses a potential risk for humans to get colonized by contact with contaminated soil or vegetables.
Daehre, Katrin, Nübel, Ulrich, Roesler, Uwe, Siller, Paul, Thiel, Nadine   +4 more
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from infections in horses in Germany are frequent colonizers of veterinarians but rare among MRSA from infections in humans

One Health, 2016
A total of 272 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from equine infections originating from 17 equine hospitals and 39 veterinary practices in Germany as well as 67 isolates from personnel working at equine clinics were subjected to ...
Christiane Cuny, Mohamed M.H. Abdelbary, Robin Köck, Franziska Layer, Wolfgang Scheidemann, Guido Werner, Wolfgang Witte   +6 more
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