The genus Enterococcus includes some of the most important nosocomial multidrug-
resistant organisms, and these pathogens usually affect patients who are debilitated by …

Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium have emerged as multi-resistant
nosocomial pathogens in immunocompromised and critically ill patients. Multi-resistant …

Enterococci are commensal organisms of the gastrointestinal (GI) tracts of a broad range of
mammalian and insect hosts, but they are also leading causes of nosocomial infection. Little …

The emergence of resistance against multiple antibiotics and the increasing frequency with
which Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium are isolated from hospitalized …

The year 1899 saw the first report of the bacterium Micrococcus zymogenes (thought today
to be Enterococcus faecalis) as a cause of infective endocarditis (IE). 1 The patient, a 37 …

Manganese (Mn) is required for the growth and survival of most, if not all, living organisms.
Until recently, relatively little was known about how bacteria take up trace nutrients such as …

We have previously identified a locus, fsr, a homologue of staphylococcal agr loci, which
positively regulates the expression of gelatinase and serine protease (encoded by gelE and …

A previously described mouse peritonitis model was used to study derivatives of
Enterococcus faecalis strain OG1RF. The addition of sterile rat fecal extracts (SRFE) lowered …

Disruption of the previously described efaA (from Enterococcus faecalis antigen A) gene
was generated in E. faecalis strain OG1RF and loss of an∼ 37-kDa immunoreactive band …

Studies of the pathogenesis of enterococcal infection are beginning to identify specific
enterococcal and host traits that contribute to the balanced commensal relationship, as well …