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

Background Antimicrobial resistance is a public health threat. Because antimicrobial
consumption in food-producing animals contributes to the problem, policies restricting the …

The clinical importance of the genus Enterococcus is directly related to its antibiotic
resistance, which contributes to the risk of colonization and infection. The species of the …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) plays an important role in the evolution of life on the Earth.
This view is supported by numerous occasions of HGT that are recorded in the genomes of …

Many essential functions of the human body are dependent on the symbiotic microbiota,
which is present at especially high numbers and diversity in the gut. This intricate host …

Bacteria have evolved multiple mechanisms for the efficient evolution and spread of
antimicrobial resistance. Modern food production facilitates the emergence and spread of …

Enterococci are commensal bacteria in the intestines of humans and animals, but also
cause infections in humans. Most often, Enterococcus faecium isolates from clinical …

Abstract Objectives To determine MICs of 16 antimicrobials representing all major classes
for 473 taxonomically well-characterized isolates of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) encompassing …

Enterococci have been recognized as important hospital-acquired pathogens in recent
years, and isolates of E. faecalis and E. faecium are the third-to fourth-most prevalent …

Objectives Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) have been increasingly
reported since the 1980s. Despite the high number of published studies about VRE …