"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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Enterococcus faecium" by people in Profiles.
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Van Tyne D, Manson AL, Huycke MM, Karanicolas J, Earl AM, Gilmore MS. Impact of antibiotic treatment and host innate immune pressure on enterococcal adaptation in the human bloodstream. Sci Transl Med. 2019 04 10; 11(487).
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Mitchell SL, Mattei LM, Alby K. Whole genome characterization of a naturally occurring vancomycin-dependent Enterococcus faecium from a patient with bacteremia. Infect Genet Evol. 2017 08; 52:96-99.
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Leavis H, Top J, Shankar N, Borgen K, Bonten M, van Embden J, Willems RJ. A novel putative enterococcal pathogenicity island linked to the esp virulence gene of Enterococcus faecium and associated with epidemicity. J Bacteriol. 2004 Feb; 186(3):672-82.
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Baddour LM, Harris E, Huycke MM, Smith AE, Himelright IM. Outbreak of pseudobacteremia due to multidrug-susceptible Enterococcus faecium. Clin Infect Dis. 1999 Jun; 28(6):1333-4.
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Huycke MM, Sahm DF, Gilmore MS. Multiple-drug resistant enterococci: the nature of the problem and an agenda for the future. Emerg Infect Dis. 1998 Apr-Jun; 4(2):239-49.