Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
"Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Strains of the genus Enterococcus that are resistant to the antibiotic VANCOMYCIN. The enterococci become resistant by acquiring plasmids carrying genes for VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE.
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D065507
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.353.750.250.250.650 B03.510.550.250.250.650
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci" by people in Profiles.
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Multisite Detection of Tn1549-Mediated vanB Vancomycin Resistance in Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis ST6 in Texas and Florida. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2023 01 24; 67(1):e0128422.
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Interactions of organic acids with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated from community wastewater in Texas. J Appl Microbiol. 2019 Feb; 126(2):480-488.
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Peptidoglycan O-acetylation increases in response to vancomycin treatment in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis. Sci Rep. 2017 04 13; 7:46500.