[HTML][HTML] Towards the standardization of Enterococcus culture methods for waterborne antibiotic resistance monitoring: A critical review of trends across studies

BC Davis, I Keenum, J Calarco, K Liguori, E Milligan… - Water Research X, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance is a major 21 st century One Health (humans, animals, environment)
challenge whose spread limits options to treat bacterial infections. There is growing interest …

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis of non-clinical studies

F Hasanpour, Z Neyestani, M Arzanlou, E Moradi-Asl… - Gene Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental contamination with fecal antibiotic-resistant enterococci can increase the risk
of antibiotic resistance gene transfer among different species, and ultimately spreading …

Characteristics of hospital- and community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Tehran, Iran

F Rahimi, M Katouli… - Journal of medical …, 2014 - microbiologyresearch.org
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of hospital-acquired (HA) and community-
acquired (CA) infections worldwide. Recently, S. aureus strains resistant to meticillin (MRSA) …

Antibiotic resistance of isolated bacteria from urban and hospital wastewaters in Hamadan City.

M Hadi, R Shokoohi, AME Namvar, M Karimi… - 2011 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Abstract Background and Objectives: Widely use of antibiotics as therapy and uncontrolled
discharge of them to receiving waters increased the percentages of antibiotic resistant …

Freezing Inactivation of Escherichia Coli and Enterococcus Faecalis in Water: Response of Different Strains

W Gao, K Leung, N Hawdon - Water Environment Research, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of freezing temperature (− 7,− 15,− 30 and− 80° C), number of freeze/thaw cycles
(1 to 5 cycles) and sample volume (100 mL and 100 µL) on the viability of a pathogenic and …

[HTML][HTML] Biochemical fingerprinting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from sewage and hospital in Iran

F Rahimi, M Bouzari - Jundishapur Journal of microbiology, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is known as a common
pathogen in nosocomial and community-acquired infections. Sewage acts as an …

Molecular Structure and Transferability of Tn1546-Like Elements in Enterococcus faecium Isolates from Clinical, Sewage, and Surface Water Samples in Iran

M Talebi, MR Pourshafie, M Katouli… - Applied and …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
The molecular structure and transferability of Tn 1546 in 143 vancomycin-resistant
Enterococcus faecium (VREF) isolates obtained from patients (n= 49), surface water (n= 28) …

Virulence and antimicrobial resistance of Enterococcus faecium isolated from water samples

M Enayati, J Sadeghi, MR Nahaei… - Letters in Applied …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of Enterococcus species and six
virulence factors of Enterococcus faecium which were isolated from surface water and wells …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation and biochemical fingerprinting of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium from meat, chicken and cheese

M Talebi, J Sadeghi, F Rahimi… - Jundishapur Journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are important nosocomial pathogens
and food chain has been considered as an assumed source for dissemination of VRE to …

[HTML][HTML] Determination of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium diversity in Tehran sewage using plasmid profile, biochemical fingerprinting and antibiotic …

K Borhani, A Ahmadi, F Rahimi… - Jundishapur Journal …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Sewage treatment plants are considered to be the hotspots for antibiotic
resistance transfer among bacterial species. Many fecal bacteria including Enterococci …