Antimicrobial-resistant CC17 Enterococcus faecium: The past, the present and the future

T Lee, S Pang, S Abraham, GW Coombs - Journal of global antimicrobial …, 2019 - Elsevier
Enterococcus faecium is a robust opportunistic pathogen that is most commonly found as a
commensal of the human and animal gut but can also survive in the environment. Since the …

Epidemiology and Characteristics of Elizabethkingia spp. Infections in Southeast Asia

A Zajmi, J Teo, CC Yeo - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Elizabethkingia spp. is a ubiquitous pathogenic bacterium that has been identified as the
causal agent for a variety of conditions such as meningitis, pneumonia, necrotizing fasciitis …

Comparative Genomics of 86 Whole-Genome Sequences in the Six Species of the Elizabethkingia Genus Reveals Intraspecific and Interspecific Divergence

CY Liang, CH Yang, CH Lai, YH Huang, JN Lin - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Bacteria of the genus Elizabethkingia are emerging infectious agents that can cause
infection in humans. The number of published whole-genome sequences of Elizabethkingia …

Comparison of three species of Elizabethkingia genus by whole-genome sequence analysis

C Yang, Z Liu, S Yu, K Ye, X Li… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Elizabethkingia are found to cause severe neonatal meningitis, nosocomial pneumonia,
endocarditis and bacteremia. However, there are few studies on Elizabethkingia genus by …

Molecular epidemiology of vancomycin resistant enterococci in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia

AM Somily, MM Al-Mohizea, MM Absar, AJ Fatani… - Microbial …, 2016 - Elsevier
Aim Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are a major cause of nosocomial infections
with high mortality and morbidity. There is limited data on the molecular characterization of …

Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors for Infection and Death in Critically Ill Patients with Pulmonary Infection with Elizabethkingia Spp.

M Feng, M Huang, Y Fan, G Liu, S Zhou… - Infection and Drug …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Elizabethkingia spp. infections have recently increased, and they are difficult to
treat because of intrinsic antimicrobial resistance. This study aimed to investigate the clinical …

Therapeutic options for infections due to vanB genotype vancomycin-resistant Enterococci

N Riccardi, J Monticelli, RM Antonello… - Microbial Drug …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Enterococci are ubiquitous, facultative, anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria that mainly reside,
as part of the normal microbiota, in the gastrointestinal tracts of several animal species …

Overview of prevalence, characteristics, risk factors, resistance, and virulence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Saudi Arabia

M Abdallah, M Al-Saafin - Microbial Drug Resistance, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are Gram-positive bacteria that are resistant to
vancomycin. Infections caused by VRE are associated with adverse outcomes such as …

An epidemiological and molecular study regarding the spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a teaching hospital in Bogotá, Colombia 2016

NC Corredor, C López, PA Aguilera, LM Prieto… - BMC Infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background Enterococcus faecium is ranked worldwide as one of the top ten pathogens
identified in healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and is classified as one of the high …

Comparison of Whole-Genome Sequences for Three Species of the Elizabethkingia Genus

C Yang, Z Liu, S Yu, K Ye, X Li, D Shen - 2020 - researchsquare.com
Background: There are increasing researches on whole-genome sequences for clinical
strains of Elizabethkingia genus which can cause severe infection in humans, while few …