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Enterococci, from Harmless Bacteria to a Pathogen

Enterococci are gastrointestinal commensals whose hardiness allowed them to colonize very diverse environments, including soils, water, food, and feed. This ability to overcome adverse conditions makes enterococci problematic once they colonize hospital niches. Together with the malleability of thei...

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Autores principales: Ramos, Sónia, Silva, Vanessa, Dapkevicius, Maria de Lurdes Enes, Igrejas, Gilberto, Poeta, Patrícia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7463792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32722391
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8081118
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author Ramos, Sónia
Silva, Vanessa
Dapkevicius, Maria de Lurdes Enes
Igrejas, Gilberto
Poeta, Patrícia
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description Enterococci are gastrointestinal commensals whose hardiness allowed them to colonize very diverse environments, including soils, water, food, and feed. This ability to overcome adverse conditions makes enterococci problematic once they colonize hospital niches. Together with the malleability of their genomes, the capacity to acquire and disseminate determinants of antibiotic resistance has contributed to converting what was once just another opportunistic pathogen into a first-class clinical problem. This review discusses the dimension of the emergence of enterococcal resistance to key antimicrobial agents, the dissemination of this resistance, and its significance in terms of public health, with the aim of raising awareness of the need to devise and implement surveillance programs and more effective antibiotic stewardship.
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spelling pubmed-74637922020-09-02 Enterococci, from Harmless Bacteria to a Pathogen Ramos, Sónia Silva, Vanessa Dapkevicius, Maria de Lurdes Enes Igrejas, Gilberto Poeta, Patrícia Microorganisms Review Enterococci are gastrointestinal commensals whose hardiness allowed them to colonize very diverse environments, including soils, water, food, and feed. This ability to overcome adverse conditions makes enterococci problematic once they colonize hospital niches. Together with the malleability of their genomes, the capacity to acquire and disseminate determinants of antibiotic resistance has contributed to converting what was once just another opportunistic pathogen into a first-class clinical problem. This review discusses the dimension of the emergence of enterococcal resistance to key antimicrobial agents, the dissemination of this resistance, and its significance in terms of public health, with the aim of raising awareness of the need to devise and implement surveillance programs and more effective antibiotic stewardship. MDPI 2020-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7463792/ /pubmed/32722391 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8081118 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7463792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32722391
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8081118
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