Vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Rapid detection of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in rectal samples from patients admitted to intensive care units
... Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have shown a remarkable ability to spread during hospital outbreaks ...with vancomycin 6 µg/mL ...level vancomycin-resistance genes vanA or vanB ...
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Prevalence and factors associated with rectal vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonization in two intensive care units in São Paulo, Brazil
... of vancomycin-resistant enterococci included the identification and isolation of patients colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococci, hand washing by health care workers and ...
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Absence of intestinal colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci in nonhuman primates
... of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have important role in the epidemiology of the bacteria and resistant ...among enterococci isolates were also ...vanB-containing ...
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Absence of intestinal colonization by vancomycin- resistant enterococci in nonhuman primates
... of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have important role in the epidemiology of the bacteria and resistant ...among enterococci isolates were also ...vanB-containing ...
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Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci strains eight years apart from its first isolation in São Paulo, Brazil
... this, vancomycin-resistant ...among vancomycin-resistant E. faecalis. Vancomycin-resistant ...first vancomycin-resistant enterococci clone isolated eight ...
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Risk factors for vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonisation in critically ill patients
... Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are important hospital pathogens and have become increasingly com- mon in patients admitted to the intensive care unit ...intrinsically resistant to low ...
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Daptomycin antimicrobial activity tested against methicillin-resistant staphylococci and vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolated in European medical centers (2005)
... all enterococci, including vancomycin-resistant strains were susceptible to dapto- mycin and resistance rates were relatively high to all other compounds tested, except linezolid (see Table ...
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Detection of both vanA vanB genes in vanA phenotypes of Enterococci by Taq Man RT-PCR
... isolated vancomycin resistant enterococci (VREs) in 1980; these microorganisms have emerged as important nosocomial pathogens in worldwide (Japoni et ...to vancomycin is com- plex process and ...
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Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child
... including vancomycin-resistant strains (VRE), Staphylococcus aureus including methicilllin-resistant strains (MRSA), coagulate- negative staphylococci and streptococci including penicillin- ...
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Daptomycin-Vancomycin–Resistant Enterococcus faecium Native Valve Endocarditis
... of vancomycin- resistant enterococci (VRE) currently exceeding 30% in intensive care ...with vancomycin-daptomycin–resistant Enterococcal faecium organisms leading to native mitral ...
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Marinalda Anselmo Vilela, Sandra Lavareda de Souza, Izabel Cristina Vanzato Palazzo, Joseane Cristina Ferreira, Marcos Antonio de Morais Jr, Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini, Márcia Maria Camargo de Morais+
... of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in Brazil has rapidly increased, following the world wide ...of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VRE) in the Northeast of ...
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Enhanced membrane pore formation through high-affinity targeted antimicrobial peptides.
... to vancomycin using click chemistry, and could be directed towards specific membrane embedded receptors both in model membrane systems and whole ...of vancomycin. The truncated vancomycin-peptide ...
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Glycopeptides susceptibility among enterococci isolated from a poultry farm in São Paulo, Brazil (1996/1997)
... about vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) correlate this resistance with the use of the vancomycin-like glycopeptide avoparcin as growth promoter in the feed for poultry and ...
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Tsona Afroditi1 , Bisiklis Alexandros2,
... of Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) colonizing the intestinal tract of hospitalized patients and define risk ...to vancomycin was detected by the E-test ...with ...
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Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus isolated from feces of poultry, pigeons, deers and rats.
... of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) was investigated in feces of poultry, pigeons, deers and ...were resistant to vancomycin independently of the use of avaporcine in the ...
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Studies on resistance and response to vancomycin in Enterococcus faecalis: a last resort
... of enterococci is their intrinsic and easily acquired resistance towards many of the antibiotics used in the clinical ...of vancomycin resistance by enterococci strains poses serious problem in terms ...
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Presence of virulence factors in Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium susceptible and resistant to vancomycin
... faecium resistant to vancomycin (VRE fm ) ( representative isolates of the second outbreak period) and ...to vancomycin (VSE f ), which was included to possibly increase the genetic ...
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Reduced susceptibility to vancomycin and biofilm formation in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from blood cultures
... The mecA gene is carried by a mobile genetic element, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec). Eleven different types of SCCmec have been identified in S. aureus (I-XI) (sccmec.org); however, types VI, VII, IX-XI ...
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Cost-Effectiveness of Linezolid versus Vancomycin in Mechanical Ventilation- Associated Nosocomial Pneumonia Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
... A cost-effectiveness analysis is an evaluation of the productivity of a financial investment made to improve the health of patients. Therefore, the greater the productivity, the smaller the expenditure per beneficiary. ...
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