Antimicrobial resistance and its drivers—a review

M Irfan, A Almotiri, ZA AlZeyadi - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical issue in health care in terms of mortality, quality of
services, and financial damage. In the battle against AMR, it is crucial to recognize the …

Evaluation of enterococcal probiotic usage and review of potential health benefits, safety, and risk of antibiotic-resistant strain emergence

EJ Im, HHY Lee, M Kim, MK Kim - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Enterococci are often used in probiotics but can also cause nosocomial infections. As such,
enterococcal consumption may have beneficial health effects, but a thorough evaluation of …

Profiling Antibiotic Susceptibility among Distinct Enterococcus faecalis Isolates from Dental Root Canals

D Manoil, EE Cerit, H Fang, S Durual, M Brundin… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Enterococcus faecalis, a leading multi-resistant nosocomial pathogen, is also the most
frequently retrieved species from persistently infected dental root canals, suggesting that the …

ESKAPE in China: epidemiology and characteristics of antibiotic resistance

Q Luo, P Lu, Y Chen, P Shen, B Zheng, J Ji… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The escalation of antibiotic resistance and the diminishing antimicrobial pipeline have
emerged as significant threats to public health. The ESKAPE pathogens–Enterococcus …

[PDF][PDF] Barriers to genetic manipulation of Enterococci: Current approaches and future directions

AL Krause, TP Stinear, IR Monk - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium are Gram-positive commensal gut bacteria
that can also cause fatal infections. To study clinically relevant multi-drug resistant E …

Treatment of Enterococcus faecalis Infective Endocarditis: A Continuing Challenge

L Herrera-Hidalgo, B Fernández-Rubio… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Today, Enterococcus faecalis is one of the main causes of infective endocarditis in the world,
generally affecting an elderly and fragile population, with a high mortality rate. Enterococci …

Model for evaluating antimicrobial therapy to prevent life-threatening bacterial infections following exposure to a medically significant radiation dose

AJ Phipps, JN Bergmann, MT Albrecht… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
More evidence is needed to support recommendations for medical management of acute
radiation syndrome (ARS) and associated infections resulting from a radiological/nuclear …

Exploring the mobilome and resistome of Enterococcus faecium in a One Health context across two continents

H Sanderson, KL Gray, A Manuele… - Microbial …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Enterococcus faecium is a ubiquitous opportunistic pathogen that is exhibiting increasing
levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Many of the genes that confer resistance and …

An essential protease, FtsH, influences daptomycin resistance acquisition in Enterococcus faecalis

ZJ Nair, IH Gao, A Firras, KKL Chong… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Daptomycin is a last‐line antibiotic commonly used to treat vancomycin‐resistant
Enterococci, but resistance evolves rapidly and further restricts already limited treatment …

Epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in the United Arab Emirates: a retrospective analysis of 12 years of national AMR surveillance data

J Thomsen, NM Abdulrazzak, H AlRand… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Enterococci are usually low pathogenic, but can cause invasive disease under
certain circumstances, including urinary tract infections, bacteremia, endocarditis, and …