Enterococcus faecalis from Food, Clinical Specimens, and Oral Sites: Prevalence of Virulence Factors in Association with Biofilm Formation

AC Anderson, D Jonas, I Huber, L Karygianni… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Enterococci have gained significance as the cause of nosocomial infections; they occur as
food contaminants and have also been linked to dental diseases. E. faecalis has a great …

Phenotype–Genotype Correlations and Distribution of Key Virulence Factors in Enterococcus faecalis Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infections

YA Hashem, KA Abdelrahman… - Infection and Drug …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background and Objective Enterococcus faecalis can cause different nosocomial infections,
especially urinary tract infection (UTI). Pathogenicity of E. faecalis is driven by various …

Epidemiology of multidrug resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Hadifar, M Moghoofei, S Nematollahi… - Japanese journal of …, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infections in humans. It is primarily
caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), which has a high multidrug resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Rise of antibiotic resistance in clinical enterococcal isolates during 2001–2016 in Iran: a review

P Asadollahi, SH Razavi, KH Asadollahi… - New microbes and new …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction The clinical significance of enterococci is mostly related to its antibiotic
resistance which contributes to colonization and infection, in particular amongst the …

Antibiotic resistance and virulence traits in vancomycin-resistant enterococci (Vre) and extended-spectrum β-lactamase/ampc-producing (ESBL/ampc) …

R Iseppi, A Di Cerbo, P Messi, C Sabia - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: We investigated the virulence factors, genes, antibiotic resistance patterns, and
genotypes (VRE and ESBL/AmpC) production in Enterococci and Enterobacteriaceae …

The Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Characteristics in Enterococcus Species Isolated from Bovine Milk

BR Paschoalini, KVM Nuñez, JT Maffei, H Langoni… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Enterococcus spp., including E. faecalis and E. faecium, pose risks to dairy farms as
opportunistic pathogens. The study evaluates antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and virulence …

Correlation between biofilm formation and gelE, esp, and agg genes in Enterococcus spp. clinical isolates

RO Soares, AC Fedi, KC Reiter, J Caierão… - Virulence, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
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respectively. For other antimicrobials (linezolid, ampicillin, vancomycin, and nitrofurantoin) …

Occurrence of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in Various Clinical Infections: Detection of Their Drug Resistance and Virulence Determinants

A Jahansepas, M Aghazadeh, MA Rezaee… - Microbial Drug …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
The aim of this study was to characterize virulence determinants and antibiotic resistance
profiles in enterococci obtained from various clinical sources in the northwest of Iran. A total …

High incidence of virulence determinants, aminoglycoside and vancomycin resistance in enterococci isolated from hospitalized patients in Northwest Iran

F Haghi, V Lohrasbi, H Zeighami - BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019 - Springer
Background Multidrug resistant (MDR) enterococci are important nosocomial pathogens
causing serious problem in hospitalized patients. The aim of present study was to …

Clinical Resistant Strains of Enterococci and Their Correlation to Reduced Susceptibility to Biocides: Phenotypic and Genotypic Analysis of Macrolides, Lincosamides …

AS Abu Lila, TN Alharby, J Alanazi, M Alanazi… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Enterococci are troublesome nosocomial, opportunistic Gram-positive cocci bacteria
showing enhanced resistance to many commonly used antibiotics. This study aims to …