Antimicrobial-resistant ESKAPE (E nterococcus faecium, S taphylococcus aureus, K
lebsiella pneumoniae, A cinetobacter baumannii, P seudomonas aeruginosa, and E …

The genus Enterococcus comprises a ubiquitous group of Gram-positive bacteria that are of
great relevance to human health for their role as major causative agents of health care …

Enterococci are unusually well adapted for survival and persistence in a variety of adverse
environments, including on inanimate surfaces in the hospital environment and at sites of …

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

Enterococci are Gram-positive bacteria that are found in plants, soil and as commensals of
the gastrointestinal tract of humans, mammals, and insects. Despite their commensal nature …

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 …

The genus Enterococcus includes some of the most important nosocomial multidrug-
resistant organisms, and these pathogens usually affect patients who are debilitated by …

Enterococci are common, commensal members of gut communities in mammals and birds,
yet they are also opportunistic pathogens that cause millions of human and animal infections …

Enterococci belong to the lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and they are of importance in foods due
to their involvement in food spoilage and fermentations, as well as their utilisation as …

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 …