The Enterococcus: a Model of Adaptability to Its Environment

2019/01/29 by Mónica García-Solache, Louis B. Rice · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus #Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing #Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

paper · pdf · doi:10.1128/cmr.00058-18

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Abstract

Both species demonstrate intrinsic resistance to common antibiotics, such as virtually all cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, clindamycin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Additionally, a remarkably plastic genome allows these two species to readily acquire resistance to further antibiotics, such as high-level aminoglycoside resistance, high-level ampicillin resistance, and vancomycin resistance, either through mutation or by horizontal transfer of genetic elements conferring resistance determinants.

Citations

• Detection of glycopeptide resistance genotypes and identification to the species level of clinically relevant enterococci by PCR
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