Enterococcal infections
Efficacy of rifampicin combination therapy for the treatment of enterococcal infections assessed in vivo using a Galleria mellonella infection model
... development of resistance necessitates that it be used in combination with another agent. Several studies have highlighted the synergistic activity of rifampicin with others agents [6, 12], indeed rifampicin based ...
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Clinical characteristics and risk factors of enterococcal infections in Nagasaki, Japan: a retrospective study
... abdominal infections after pancreaticoduodenectomy [16] and recommend accounting for enterococcal infec- tions when selecting antimicrobials for empirical treat- ment for intra-abdominal infections ...
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THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS FOR VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTIONS
... Nosocomial infections caused by VRE are associated with high morbidity and ...VRE infections are urinary tract infections, bacteremia, and wound ...serious infections such as endocarditis and ...
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Vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections: epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and optimal management
... Due to the multiple resistance mechanisms found in VRE, treatment options are limited, but several new agents have come to market recently and recent data on combination therapies have looked promising, broadening the ...
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<p>Global prevalence of antibiotic resistance in blood-isolated <em>Enterococcus faecalis</em> and <em>Enterococcus faecium</em>: a systematic review and meta-analysis</p>
... in Enterococcal bloodstream isolates in most regions of the world, especially in Eastern Mediterranean ...the infections caused by these species is considered a serious problem that requires more precise ...
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Zebrafish as a Novel Vertebrate Model To Dissect Enterococcal Pathogenesis
... hospital-acquired infections, including life- threatening bacteremia, infective endocarditis and peritonitis, and wound and urinary tract infections ...faecalis infections include impairment of the ...
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Antibody Based Therapy for Enterococcal Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections
... from infections, and other functions ...among enterococcal strains and given that fibrinogen is present during in other situations as infective endocarditis, bacteremia, and intra-abdominal and ...
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Use of daptomycin in the treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal urinary tract infections: a short case series
... structure infections caused by susceptible isolates of a variety of Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus , and for the management of bacteremia, including that associated ...
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Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci in Preterm Neonates: A Rising Thunder in Intensive Care Units
... most Enterococcal infections in combination with above mentioned drugs as previously widely used drug that is Erythomycin- a widely used Macrolide drug has developed high resistance towards the ...tract ...
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Isolation and Identification of Enterococcus Species and Determination of Their Susceptibility Patterns Against Antibiotics and Heavy Metals in Coastal Waters of Iran
... for Enterococcal infections in regions with high utilization and long exposure ...75 Enterococcal isolates was obtained from 54 bathing and fishing water samples from 9 bathing and fishing areas in ...
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Detection of high level aminoglycoside resistance genes among clinical isolates of Enterococcus species
... Background: Enterococci are intrinsically resistant to clinically achievable concentrations of aminoglycosides. However, high-level resistance to aminoglycosides (HLAR) is primarily due to the acquisition of genes ...
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ENTEROCOCCI, FROM HARMLESS BACTERIA TO A PATHOGEN Sónia Ramos 1-3 , Vanessa Silva 1-4 , Maria de Lurdes Enes Dapkevicius 5,6 , Gilberto Igrejas 2-4 and Patrícia Poeta 1,4,
... severe infections is difficult, non-conventional, and demands the use of antibiotic ...VRE infections are associated to a higher mortality rate and economic burden compared to those caused by vancomycin ...
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Molecular Epidemiology of Enterococcal Bacteremia in Australia
... care-associated enterococcal infections were associated with the introduction of third-generation cepha- losporins and were primarily due to Enterococcus faecalis ...in infections and outbreaks ...
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Isolation and characterization of Enterococci from clinical samples in a Tertiary care hospital
... nosocomial infections. Of the infections, the commonly observed are urinary tract infections, abdominal infections followed by bacteremia, endocarditis and meningitis ...for ...
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Molecular Cloning and Immunogenicity Evaluation of PpiC, GelE, and VS87_01105 Proteins of Enterococcus faecalis as Vaccine Candidates
... . Enterococcal infections result from the capacity of the bacteria to adhere, colonize and invade onto host tissues and to produce extracellular enzymes and toxins as well as various virulence factors that ...
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Endogenous and Exogenous Glucocorticoids in Experimental Enterococcal Infection
... septic enterococcal infections has not been well ...lethal enterococcal infection failed to induce a detectable systemic TNF- ␣ response and in- duced only a muted, localized TNF- ␣ response within ...
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Nasal and perirectal colonization of vancomycin sensitive and resistant enterococci in patients of paediatrics ICU (PICU) of tertiary health care facilities
... E. faecalis and E. faecium are potentially good focal spe- cies for microbiological surveillance study as they ac- counts for 80 to 90% of human enterococcal infections [17]. These two species were focused ...
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Acquisition and Duration of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcal Carriage in Relation to Strain Type
... Variables for patients who were colonized with the outbreak strain and patients who carried nonepidemic strains during a 6-month follow-up period starting from the first isolation of VRE[r] ...
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Tissue factor is a major stimulus for vegetation formation in enterococcal endocarditis in rabbits
... We examined the possible mechanisms of local initiation of coagulation in vegetation formation in enterococcal endocarditis by using a rabbit model. Contact activation and tissue factor expression by freshly ...
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DETECTION OF VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS SPP. (VRE) FROM POULTRY
... serious nosocomial and urinary tract infections including bacteremia and intraabdominal (2,3). The isolation of strains resistant to many antibiotic therapies has become an important public health concern (4,5,6). ...
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