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 …

Enterococcus faecium is a robust opportunistic pathogen that is most commonly found as a
commensal of the human and animal gut but can also survive in the environment. Since the …

Enterococci are Gram-positive bacteria that normally colonize gastrointestinal tracts of
humans and animals. They are of growing concern because of their ability to cause …

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 …

Polymicrobial infections involving Staphylococcus aureus exhibit enhanced disease severity
and morbidity. We reviewed the nature of polymicrobial interactions between S. aureus and …

Linezolid is considered a last resort drug in treatment of severe infections caused by Gram-
positive pathogens, resistant to other antibiotics, such as vancomycin-resistant enterococci …

Extrachromosomal elements are ubiquitous in the prokaryotic world and play important roles
in the adaptation and survival of cell populations, especially in changing environments …

A major contributor to the emergence of antibiotic resistance in Gram-positive bacterial
pathogens is the expansion of acquired, inducible genetic elements. Although acquired …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains are leading causes of hospital-
acquired infections in the United States, and clonal cluster 5 (CC5) is the predominant …