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Antibiotic Resistance of Enterococcus spp. Isolated from the Urine of Patients Hospitalized in the University Hospital in North-Central Poland, 2016–2021

Antibiotics, 2022
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are common outpatient and inpatient infections, often treated with empirical therapy. Enterococcus spp. is responsible for about 10% of UTIs.
Zuzanna Kraszewska, Krzysztof Skowron, Joanna Kwiecińska-Piróg, Katarzyna Grudlewska-Buda, Jana Przekwas, Natalia Wiktorczyk-Kapischke, Ewa Wałecka-Zacharska, Eugenia Gospodarek-Komkowska   +7 more
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Effect of short-term probiotic Enterococcus faecium SF68 dietary supplementation in overweight and obese cats without comorbidities [PDF]

, 2016
Obesity in cats is associated with metabolic abnormalities and increased susceptibility to diseases such as diabetes mellitus. Studies in mouse models and human beings have shown that probiotics can reduce food intake, promote weight loss and improve ...
Fascetti, A J, Kass, P H, Kathrani, A, Larsen, J A   +3 more
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High-level resistance to aminoglycosides and ampicillin among clinical isolates of Enterococcus species in an Iranian referral hospital

Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2020
Background and Objectives: Nowadays, high-level aminoglycosides and ampicillin resistant Enterococcus species are among the most common causes of nosocomial infections.
Seyed Hossein Mousavi, Hadi Peeri-Doghaheh, Behnam Mohammadi-Ghalehbin, Roghayeh Teimourpour, Dadras Maleki, Farzad Khademi, Mohsen Arzanlou   +6 more
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Genomic comparative analysis of the environmental Enterococcus mundtii against enterococcal representative species [PDF]

, 2014
Background Enterococcus mundtii is a yellow-pigmented microorganism rarely found in human infections. The draft genome sequence of E. mundtii was recently announced. Its genome encodes at least 2,589 genes and 57 RNAs, and 4 putative genomic islands have
Blancato, Victor Sebastian, Espariz, Martin, Esteban, Luis, Magni, Christian, Repizo, Guillermo Daniel, Suárez, Cristian Alejandro   +5 more
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Using groEL as the target for identification of Enterococcus faecium clades and 7 clinically relevant Enterococcus species

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2019
Background/Purpose: Accurate identification is important for effective treatment because Enterococcus species have talents to cope with various antibiotics either by intrinsic resistance or by acquisition of mobile genetic elements.
Wei-Wen Hung, Yen-Hsu Chen, Sung-Pin Tseng, Ya-Ting Jao, Lee-Jene Teng, Wei-Chun Hung   +5 more
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Controlled functional expression of the bacteriocins pediocin PA-1 and bactofencin A in Escherichia coli [PDF]

, 2017
peer-reviewedThe bacteriocins bactofencin A (class IId) and pediocin PA-1 (class IIa) are encoded by operons with a similarly clustered gene organization including a structural peptide, an immunity protein, an ABC transporter and accessory bacteriocin ...
Cotter, Paul D., Hill, Colin, Mesa-Pereira, Beatriz, O’Connor, Paula M., Rea, Mary, Ross, R Paul   +5 more
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Enterococcus faecium Regulates Honey Bee Developmental Genes [PDF]

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021
Honey bees provide essential pollination services to the terrestrial ecosystem and produce important agricultural products. As a beneficial lactic acid bacterium, Enterococcus faecium is often supplied as a probiotic for honey bees and other animals. However, the underlying mechanisms of its actions and possible safety risks are not well understood. We
Yating Du, Shiqi Luo, Xin Zhou
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A genomic view of food-related and probiotic Enterococcus strains [PDF]

, 2017
The study of enterococcal genomes has grown considerably in recent years. While special attentionis paid to comparative genomic analysis among clinical relevant isolates, in this study we performedan exhaustive comparative analysis of enterococcal ...
Bonacina, Julieta, Fadda, Silvina G., Hormigo, Daniel Ricardo, Lechner, Marcus, Saavedra, Maria Lucila, Suárez, Nadia Elina   +5 more
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Enterococcus faecium WB2000 Inhibits Biofilm Formation by Oral Cariogenic Streptococci

International Journal of Dentistry, 2011
This study investigated the inhibitory effect of probiotic Enterococcus faecium WB2000 on biofilm formation by cariogenic streptococci. The ability of E.
Nao Suzuki, Masahiro Yoneda, Yuko Hatano, Tomoyuki Iwamoto, Yosuke Masuo, Takao Hirofuji   +5 more
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Phage inducible islands in the gram-positive cocci [PDF]

, 2016
The SaPIs are a cohesive subfamily of extremely common phage-inducible chromosomal islands (PICIs) that reside quiescently at specific att sites in the staphylococcal chromosome and are induced by helper phages to excise and replicate.
A Bolotin, A Chopin, A Ruzin, B Frígols, BA Duerkop, C Ubeda, C Ubeda, C Ubeda, C Ubeda, C Ubeda, CH O'Callaghan, CM Hamilton, D Straume, D Viana, Davida Smyth, E Charpentier, E Maiques, G Ram, G Ram, Geeta Ram, IT Paulsen, J Chen, J Chen, J Chen, J Scott, J Scott, J-P Claverys, JA Lindsay, John Chen, José R Penadés, JR Penadés, M Kanehisa, MA Tormo, MD Ferrer, Miguel Martí, MÁ Tormo-Más, MÁ Tormo-Más, N Carpena, N Quiles-Puchalt, N Quiles-Puchalt, Nuria Quiles-Puchalt, RC Matos, Richard P Novick, Roser Martínez-Rubio, RP Novick, RP Novick, Suzanne Humphrey, SV Nguyen   +47 more
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