Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
"Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of oral vancomycin treatment duration on rate of Clostridioides difficile recurrence in patients requiring concurrent systemic antibiotics. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Jun; 45(6):717-725.
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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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Emergence and Transmission of Daptomycin and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Between Patients and Hospital Rooms. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 12 16; 73(12):2306-2313.
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Can real-time polymerase chain reaction allow a faster recovery of hospital activity in cases of an incidental discovery of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci carriers? J Hosp Infect. 2019 Oct; 103(2):115-120.
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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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Association of daptomycin dosing regimen and mortality in patients with VRE bacteraemia: a review. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2018 09 01; 73(9):2277-2283.
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Evaluation of contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus. Am J Infect Control. 2017 Dec 01; 45(12):1369-1371.
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Time to review the gold standard for genotyping vancomycin-resistant enterococci in epidemiology: Comparing whole-genome sequencing with PFGE and MLST in three suspected outbreaks in Sweden during 2013-2015. Infect Genet Evol. 2017 10; 54:74-80.
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In Vitro Study of Antimicrobial Percutaneous Nephrostomy Catheters for Prevention of Renal Infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 06; 61(6).
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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.