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Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) is a major cause of nosocomial infection and is categorized as high priority by the World Health Organization global priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In the past...

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BACKGROUND: Genetic heterozygosity is increasingly being shown to be a key predictor of fitness in natural populations, both through inbreeding depression, inbred individuals having low heterozygosity, and also through chance...

Analysis of Variance Bacteremia Case-Control Studies Child Child Preschool Confidence Intervals Genetic Predisposition to Disease Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Homozygote Humans Infant Infant Newborn Infant Newborn Diseases Kenya Meningitis Bacterial Microsatellite Repeats Odds Ratio Risk Factors

Nosocomial acquisition and transmission of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) is the driver for E. faecium carriage in hospitalized patients, which, in turn, is a risk factor for invasive infection in...

Adult Aged Aged 80 and over Alcohols Anti-Bacterial Agents Chlorhexidine Cross Infection Disease Outbreaks Disinfectants Enterococcus faecium Genome Bacterial Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Humans infection control Microbial Sensitivity Tests Middle Aged Prospective Studies vancomycin Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci whole genome sequencing Young Adult

Enterococcus faecalis is a commensal and nosocomial pathogen, which is also ubiquitous in animals and insects, representing a classical generalist microorganism. Here, we study E. faecalis isolates ranging from the...

Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents Birds Cross Infection Drug Resistance Bacterial Enterococcus faecalis Genes MDR Genome Bacterial Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Hospitals Host Specificity Humans Phylogeny Virulence Factors whole genome sequencing

Enterococcus faecium genome sequencing. infection control transmission vancomycin resistant Cross Infection Enterococcus faecium Genome Bacterial Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Humans Phylogeny Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Retrospective Studies Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci whole genome sequencing

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) bloodstream infections are associated with high recurrence rates. This study used genome sequencing to accurately distinguish the frequency of relapse and reinfection in patients...

VRE Mixed infection Recurrence Adolescent Adult Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacteremia Child Coinfection Cross Infection Enterococcus faecium Female Genome Bacterial Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Hospitals University Humans Infant Newborn Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Middle Aged Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Recurrence Retrospective Studies United Kingdom Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Young Adult

Infectious Diseases Biodefense Vaccine Related Antimicrobial resistance Prevention Genetics Infection Bacteremia Cross Infection Enterococcus faecalis Genome Bacterial Genotype Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Hospitals Ireland molecular epidemiology Phylogeography Sequence Analysis DNA United Kingdom Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Virulence Factors

Cross Infection Enterococcus faecium Feces Genome Bacterial Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Humans Long-Term Care Longitudinal Studies Phylogeny Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Prospective Studies Sequence Analysis DNA Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

BACKGROUND: This study examined colonisation with and characteristics of antimicrobial-resistant organisms among residents of a long-term care facility (LTCF) over one year, including strain persistence and molecular diversity...

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Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VREfs) is an important nosocomial pathogen(1,2). We undertook whole genome sequencing of E. faecalis associated with bloodstream infection in the UK and Ireland over more than a decade...

Bacteremia Cross Infection Enterococcus faecalis Genome Bacterial Genotype Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Hospitals Ireland molecular epidemiology Phylogeography Sequence Analysis DNA United Kingdom Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Virulence Factors

BACKGROUND: Enterococcus faecium is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infection, particularly in the immunocompromised. Here, we use whole genome sequencing of E. faecium to study within-host evolution and the transition from...

Enterococcus faecium genome sequencing within-host evolution Bacteremia Drug Resistance Bacterial Enterococcus faecium evolution Molecular Genome Bacterial Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Humans Immunocompromised Host Polymorphism Single Nucleotide

Infections with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality, but the carriage rates of CRE and VRE among hospital inpatients...

CPE carriage prevalence SURVEILLANCE VRE Adolescent Adult Aged Aged 80 and over Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Carrier State Enterobacteriaceae Infections Female Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Hospitals University Humans Inpatients Male Middle Aged prevalence Surveys and Questionnaires United Kingdom Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Young Adult

BACKGROUND: VRE bacteraemia has a high mortality and continues to defy control. Antibiotic risk factors for VRE bacteraemia have not been adequately defined. We aimed to determine the risk factors for VRE bacteraemia focusing on...

Adult Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents Antimicrobial Stewardship Bacteremia Case-Control Studies Cross Infection Enterococcus Female Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Humans Intensive Care Units Logistic Models Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Time Factors United Kingdom vancomycin Vancomycin Resistance

Anti-Bacterial Agents Drug Resistance Bacterial Enterococcus faecium evolution Molecular Genome Bacterial Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Humans infection control Phylogeny Sequence Analysis DNA United Kingdom vancomycin