Enterococcus faecium

Characterization of Bacteriophage against Enterococcus faecium Resistant to Vancomycin Isolated from Chicken Skin

Hazzierah Syaffieqah An Nadiah Azlan, Muhajir Hamid & Adelene Ai-Lian Song · Asian Food Science Journal · 2019

Aims: To characterize bacteriophages with strong in vitro lytic activity against vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium before testing on the chicken skin for their efficacy. Study Design: An experimental was carried out to characterize two isolated bacteriophages against Ente...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/afsj/2019/v10i130026

Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci Infections in Trinidad and Tobago

Shivnarine Kissoon, Patrick Eberechi Akpaka & William Henry Swanston · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Aims: To document Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) infections prevalence, risk factors, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and evaluation of chromogenic plates in identifying VRE isolates in Trinidad and Tobago. Study Design: This was a cross sectional prospective observ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18531

Proteolytic Activities Expressed by Gastrointestinal Pathogens Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes and Enterococcus faecium in Different Growth Phases

Carmen M. Abfalter, Thomas P. Schmidt & Silja Wessler · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Aims: Bacterial proteases are implicated in protein quality control, biofilm formation or might have a direct function in pathogenesis by processing virulence factors or cleaving host factors. In recent years, knowledge of proteases expressed by Gram-negative pathogens remarkably...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16402