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Aug 10, 2020 · The evolution of Enterococcus faecium as a hospital-adapted pathogen. Population genetics and genomics showed that there are two distinct subpopulations of E. faecium. The first subpopulation represents commensals of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and is usually not involved in clinical infection.
Apr 20, 2021 · Enterococci are Gram-positive facultative anaerobic cocci in short and medium chains, which cause difficult to treat infections in the nosocomial setting. They are a common cause of UTI, bacteremia, and infective endocarditis and rarely cause intra-abdominal infections and meningitis.
May 28, 2023 · Enterococcus faecalis (also called E. faecalis) is one of the most common species of Enterococci and is the leading cause of enterococcal infections. However, researchers aren’t sure what...
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. Enterococci are part of the normal intestinal flora.
Feb 4, 2014 · Over the past two decades, Enterococcus faecium has emerged as a leading cause of multidrug-resistant enterococcal infection in the United States (Hidron, et al., 2008). E. faecium is intrinsically more antibiotic-resistant than E. faecalis, with more than half of its pathogenic isolates expressing resistance to vancomycin, ampicillin, and high ...
Jun 10, 2021 · Enterococcus faecalis and E faecium can cause a variety of infections including cystitis, pyelonephritis and catheter-associated UTI, endocarditis, and mixed-organism infections of the abdomen...
Aug 10, 2020 · Enterococcus faecium: from microbiological insights to practical recommendations for infection control and diagnostics. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020 Aug 10;9 (1):130. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-00770-1. Authors. Xuewei Zhou 1 , Rob J L Willems 2 , Alexander W Friedrich 3 , John W A Rossen 3 , Erik Bathoorn 3. Affiliations.
