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Enterococcus spp. as a Producer and Target of Bacteriocins: A Double-Edged Sword in the Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis Context

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2021
Enterococcus spp. are one of the most frequent producers of bacteriocins (enterocins), which provides them with an advantage to compete in their natural environment, which is the gut of humans and many animals.
Ana C. Almeida-Santos   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Airborne Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from a Concentrated Swine Feeding Operation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The use of nontherapeutic levels of antibiotics in swine production can select for antibiotic resistance in commensal and pathogenic bacteria in swine. As a result, retail pork products, as well as surface and groundwaters contaminated with swine waste ...
Amy Chapin   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Enterococcus faecium: from microbiological insights to practical recommendations for infection control and diagnostics

open access: yesAntimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
Early in its evolution, Enterococcus faecium acquired traits that allowed it to become a successful nosocomial pathogen. E. faecium inherent tenacity to build resistance to antibiotics and environmental stressors that allows the species to thrive in ...
Xuewei Zhou   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multidrug Resistance and Virulence Factors of Enterococci Isolated from Milk and Some Dairy Desserts

open access: yesJournal of Food Quality and Hazards Control, 2022
Background: Enterococci spp. bacteria especially Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium have the ability to acquire antibiotic-resistance pattern and causing life-threatening hospital-acquired infections.
O.A. Sadek, A.M. Koriem
doaj  

Increased rates of secondary bacterial infections, including Enterococcus bacteremia, in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

open access: yesInfection control and hospital epidemiology, 2021
Objective: We compared the rates of hospital-onset secondary bacterial infections in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with rates in patients with influenza and controls, and we investigated reports of increased incidence of Enterococcus ...
Catherine DeVoe   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Enterococcal Endocarditis: Prospective Data from the Iranian Registry of Infective Endocarditis [PDF]

open access: yesARYA Atherosclerosis, 2022
BACKGROUND: Enterococci are responsible for 5% to 18% of infective endocarditis (IE) cases. We aimed to determine demographic data, predisposing factors, clinical presentations, complications and echocardiographic findings concerning enterococcal ...
Pardis Moradnejad   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of Enterococcus sp. in GIT of Broiler Chickens after Application of Biological Preparations

open access: yesScientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023
The aim of the present study was a rapid detection and identification of Enterococcus sp. in various segments of chicken gastrointestinal tract by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. As a biological material were used broiler chickens Hybro.
Ivana Nováková, Miroslava Kačániová
doaj  

Genomic Insights Into the Pathogenicity of a Novel Biofilm-Forming Enterococcus sp. Bacteria (Enterococcus lacertideformus) Identified in Reptiles

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Whole genome analysis of a novel species of enterococci, Enterococcus lacertideformus, causing multi-systemic and invariably fatal disease in critically endangered Christmas Island reptiles was undertaken to determine the genetic elements and potential ...
Jessica Esther Agius   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Host and bacterial proteases influence biofilm formation and virulence in a murine model of enterococcal catheter-associated urinary tract infection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Urinary tract infections: targeting enzymes might help Identifying bacterial and host enzymes that support biofilm formation may help prevent urinary tract infections caused by catheters.
Caparon, Michael G   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Analysis of two pheromone-responsive conjugative multiresistance plasmids carrying the novel mobile optrA locus from Enterococcus faecalis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: The acquired optrA gene, which encodes a ribosomal protection protein of the ABC-F family, can confer cross-resistance to linezolid and florfenicol, posing a serious therapeutic challenge to both human and veterinary medicine.
Chen, Yu-Xia   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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