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Enterococcus is a large genus of lactic acid bacteria of the phylum Bacillota. Enterococci are gram-positive cocci that often occur in pairs or short chains, and are difficult to distinguish from streptococci on physical characteristics alone.
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Enterococci have been implicated in several neonatal infections, including late-onset sepsis, bacteremias, UTIs, pneumonias, and meningitis. These organisms are part of the normal vaginal flora of adult women, and it is thought that infection may occur during delivery.
Enterococci are gram-positive, facultative anaerobic organisms. Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium cause a variety of infections, including endocarditis, urinary tract infections, prostatitis, intra-abdominal infection, cellulitis, and wound infection as well as concurrent bacteremia.
Enterococcal infections are caused by a group of gram-positive, sphere-shaped (coccal) bacteria called enterococci, which normally reside in the intestine of healthy people but sometimes cause infection. (See also Overview of Bacteria.) There are more than 17 species of enterococci.
Enterococcus sp. infection in pulmonary tissue. The Enterococcaceae are a family of Gram-positive bacteria placed in the order Lactobacillales. [1] Representative genera include Enterococcus, Melissococcus, Pilibacter, Tetragenococcus, and Vagococcus.
