"Enterococcus faecium" 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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A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria whose organisms are normal flora of the intestinal tract. Unlike ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS, this species may produce an alpha-hemolytic reaction on blood agar and is unable to utilize pyruvic acid as an energy source.
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D016984
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.353.750.250.250.300 B03.510.550.250.250.300
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Enterococcus faecium" by people in Profiles.
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Sahu KK, Mahagaokar K, Patel B, Winokur D, Suzuki S, Daly JS, Ramanathan M, Cerny J. Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome in mantle cell lymphoma in post-transplant setting. Ann Hematol. 2021 Apr; 100(4):1089-1091.
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Aggelen HV, Kolde R, Chamarthi H, Loving J, Fan Y, Fallon JT, Huang W, Wang G, Fortunato-Habib MM, Carmona JJ, Gross BD. A core genome approach that enables prospective and dynamic monitoring of infectious outbreaks. Sci Rep. 2019 05 24; 9(1):7808.
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Hadjadj L, Syed MA, Bushra J, Abbasi SA, Rolain JM. Emergence of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium ST 80 in Pakistan. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2019 Sep; 20(6):524-525.
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Tarantino PM, Zhi C, Wright GE, Brown NC. Inhibitors of DNA polymerase III as novel antimicrobial agents against gram-positive eubacteria. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Aug; 43(8):1982-7.
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Huebner J, Wang Y, Krueger WA, Madoff LC, Martirosian G, Boisot S, Goldmann DA, Kasper DL, Tzianabos AO, Pier GB. Isolation and chemical characterization of a capsular polysaccharide antigen shared by clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium. Infect Immun. 1999 Mar; 67(3):1213-9.
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Dodge RA, Daly JS, Davaro R, Glew RH. High-dose ampicillin plus streptomycin for treatment of a patient with severe infection due to multiresistant enterococci. Clin Infect Dis. 1997 Nov; 25(5):1269-70.