Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)
Predictors for vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium transforming from colonization to infection: a case control study
... linkages; VRE: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci; VREfm: Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium ; WGS: Whole genome ...
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Comparison of an Automated Repetitive Sequence Based PCR Microbial Typing System with Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis for Molecular Typing of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecium
... isolates. VRE isolates were screened by bile esculin azide broth containing 8 g/ml of vancomycin (BEAV) and chromogenic agar medium (chromID VRE; bioMe ´rieux, Marcy l’Etoile, ...chromID VRE ...
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Natural history of colonization with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin resistant Enterococcus(VRE): a systematic review
... and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) are endemic in hospital settings and long-term care facilities (LTCF), and the prevalence of colonization is increasing ...and VRE ...
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Automated Ribotyping of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates
... Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) strains represent an important threat in hospital infec- tions in the United States and are found at high frequencies in both the community and farm ...
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Characterization of Tn1546 in Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolated from Canine Urinary Tract Infections: Evidence of Gene Exchange between Human and Animal Enterococci
... of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus isolates and/or Tn1546 elements found in animals and humans (7, 21, 35, 36, 38, 39, ...animal vancomycin-resistant enterococcus isolates, ...
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Rapid Detection Tool for Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Directly from Human Specimens
... of VRE (as defined as a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) to vancomycin of 6 mcg/mL) directly from rectal/perirectal specimens was compared to a reference, or to predicate method (Food and Drug ...
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High Prevalence of VanB2 Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecium in Taiwan
... Typing of VRE by PFGE. Preparation of bacterial DNA for PFGE was per- formed as described by Gouby et al. (12). Bacteria were grown overnight on blood agar plates and then suspended in 10 mM Tris–0.1 mM EDTA ...
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DETECTION OF VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS SPP. (VRE) FROM POULTRY
... were vancomycin- resistant and more than 50% of the Enterococci isolates acquired high-level resistance to other antibiotics tested, reflecting the distribution of aminoglycoside resistance worldwide and ...
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A Retrospective Comparison of Daptomycin Thrice Weekly versus Q48H Dosing in Hemodialysis Patients with Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) or Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Bacteremia
... The mean dose of daptomycin received was 7.8 ± 1.4 mg/kg (based on actual body weight) for the Q48H group, compared to 7.2 ± 1.2 mg/kg for the thrice-weekly group (p=0.517).Doses ranged from 5.8 to 10.6 mg/kg in the Q48H ...
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New Acquisition of Antibiotic Resistant Organisms in Skilled Nursing Facilities
... Microbiological methods. Cultures were obtained from the nares, oropharynx, groin, and perianal area during each monthly visit. If present, specimens from wounds and skin around feeding tube or suprapubic catheter sites ...
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Characterization of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates from Broiler Poultry and Pig Farms in England and Wales
... the vancomycin re- sistance genes rather than the spread of a single ...for vancomycin resistance by the use of other compounds? There may also be other undetermined factors indirectly se- lecting for the ...
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Treatment potential of pathogen reactive antibodies sequentially purified from pooled human immunoglobulin
... of vancomycin- resistant enterococcus resulted in the generation of an E-IVIG preparation with enhanced anti-enterococcal activity in the same neutrophil assay, using one of the VRE clinical ...
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Surface colonization and subsequent development of infections with multi drug resistant organisms in a neonatal intensive care unit
... The findings in our study along with the existing evi- dences emphasize the gastrointestinal tract and other body surfaces to be essentially sterile at birth and is subsequently colonized by microbes acquired from the ...
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Prevalence and Detection of Mixed Population Enterococcal Bacteremia
... as vancomycin resistant on Vitek2, it is reported as vancomycin ...is vancomycin susceptible by Vitek2 and no growth is observed on the V6 plate, it is reported as vancomycin ...one ...
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<p>Antibiotic Resistance and Molecular Epidemiology of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Turkey</p>
... intrinsically resistant to cephalosporins and low levels of ...to vancomycin as well as high-level aminoglycoside resistance, the treatment options for vanco- mycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) ...
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Antimicrobial resistance of Enterococcus faecium isolated from the urinary system of dogs
... of enterococcus strains are naturally resistant to antimicrobial agents used in the treatment of Gram-positive bacterial infections ...were resistant to tigecycline, ampicillin, tetracycline, ...
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Continuous increase of vancomycin resistance in enterococci causing nosocomial infections in Germany − 10 years of surveillance
... higher VRE rates in the center of Germany are difficult to explain and are likely to be multifactorial ...influence VRE selection process [1, 16, ...of VRE in the environment (e.g. higher pro- ...
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Draft genomes of Vancomycin resistant isolates of animal Enterococcus faecium
... other Enterococcus species including ...across Enterococcus species was proposed to occur due to expansion within species due to duplication and horizontal gene ...
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Prevalence of biofilm formation and vancomycin-resistant genes among Enterococcus faecium isolated from clinical and environmental specimens in Lorestan hospitals
... were resistant to penicillin, but all were susceptible to linezolid and ...more resistant to β-lactams, glycopeptides and aminoglycosides compared to non-biofilm-pro- ducing ...
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Complicated skin and soft tissue infections: literature review of evidence for and experience with daptomycin
... SSTIs form a substantial part of acute hospital care in all countries. Infections with MRSA, the presence of beta lactam allergy and declining efficacy of the glycopeptides requires that alternative antibiotics are ...
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