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Evolutionary conservation of motifs within vanA and vanB of vancomycin-resistant enterococci [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2022 Background and Aim: Global Health is threatened by the rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Antibiotic resistomes rapidly evolve, yet conserved motifs elucidated in our study have the potential for future drug targets for precision medicine ...
Aylin Memili +3 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 PurposeVancomycin-resistant enterococci infection is a worrying worldwide clinical problem. To evaluate the accuracy of GeneXpert vanA/vanB in the diagnosis of VRE, we conducted a systematic review in the study.MethodsExperimental data were extracted ...
Zhuo-Lei Li +8 more
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Journal of Water and Health, 2021 Antibiotic resistance has become a major threat to human health around the world, but its spread through the aquatic environment has been often overlooked.
Sneha Kalasseril Girijan, Devika Pillai
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Rapid detection of Enterococcus and vancomycin resistance using recombinase polymerase amplification [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), especially Enterococcus faecium, have been a global concern, often causing serious healthcare-associated infections. We established a rapid approach for detecting E.
Pimchanok Panpru +8 more
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Investigation of the Prevalence of vanA and vanB genes in vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE) by Taq Man real time PCR Assay [PDF]
Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2013 Objective:Enterococci are important nosocomial agents and due to their potential antimicrobial resistance they have a significant role in the dissemination of resistance genes. Currently, these species are described as healthcare concern. The aim of this
Bahman Mirzaei +4 more
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Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2023 Objectives: Enterococcus faecalis is a gram positive diplococci, highly versatile and a normal commensal of the gut microbiome. Resistance to vancomycin is a serious issue in various health-care setting exhibited by vancomycin resistant Enterococci (VRE)
Jayavarsha V +3 more
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Occult Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium ST117 Displaying a Highly Mutated vanB2 Operon
Antibiotics, 2023 Rare information is available on clinical Enterococcus faecium encountered in Sardinia, Italy. This study investigated the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles and genotypic characteristics of E.
Antonella Santona +7 more
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Characterization of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci in Hospitalized Patients and Role of Gut Colonization [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Introduction: Enterococci are part of the normal intestinal flora and have been recognized as important human pathogens. Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) are global threat as this resistance is transmissible and also poses a challenge for ...
Geetarani Purohit +6 more
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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 +5 more
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Rapid Detection of VanA/B-Producing Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Using Lateral Flow Immunoassay
Diagnostics, 2021 Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VREs) have become one of the most important nosocomial pathogens worldwide, associated with increased treatment costs, prolonged hospital stays and high mortality.
Saoussen Oueslati +11 more
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