Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are both of medical and public health importance
associated with serious multidrug-resistant infections and persistent colonization …

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 …

Enterococcus species are natural inhabitants of the intestinal tract in humans and animals,
and due to their ubiquity in human and animal feces and their persistence in the …

Enterococci have evolved over eons as highly adapted members of the gastrointestinal
consortia of a wide variety of hosts—humans and other mammals, birds, reptiles and insects …

Worldwide, bacterial resistance to chemical antibiotics has reached such a high level that
endangers public health. Presently, the adoption of alternative strategies that promote the …

Probiotics are known to have a long history of safe use and can be formulated into many
different types of products, including foods, drugs, and dietary supplements. Several …

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) including plasmids and transposons are pivotal in the
dissemination and persistence of antimicrobial resistance in Enterococcus faecalis and …

For many years, Enterococcus faecium was considered to be a commensal of the digestive
tract, which only sporadically caused opportunistic infections in severely ill patients. Over the …

Accurate and rapid diagnostic methods are needed to guide antimicrobial therapy and
infection control interventions. Advances in real‐time PCR have provided a user‐friendly …

Objective In this study we evaluated the levels of antibiotic-and multidrug-resistant bacteria
in bioaerosols upwind, within, and downwind at locations 25 m, 50 m, 100 m, and 150 m …