Diarrhea Associated with Enterococcus Faecium in an Adult Cat

Diarrhea associated with Enterococcus durans in calves.

Comparing MALDI-ToFMass Spectrometry with Molecular and Biochemical Methods in Identifying Enterococcus Faecium and Enterococcus FaecalisIsolated from Clinical Samples

Abstract Background and Objective: Enterococci are Gram-positive members of human gastrointestinal flora,in Dairy products and environment. they have emerged as important causes of opportunistic nosocomial infections in recent years. In this study we aimed to investigat and compare the efficiency of MALDI-TOFmass spectroscopy method through Biochemical and Molecular methods for detecting Enter...

Effect of the probiotic Enterococcus faecium SF68 on presence of diarrhea in cats and dogs housed in an animal shelter.

BACKGROUND Beneficial effects of probiotics have never been analyzed in an animal shelter. HYPOTHESIS Dogs and cats housed in an animal shelter and administered a probiotic are less likely to have diarrhea of ≥2 days duration than untreated controls. ANIMALS Two hundred and seventeen cats and 182 dogs. METHODS Double blinded and placebo controlled. Shelter dogs and cats were housed in 2 s...

Characterization of vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis.

Vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium 180, a clinical isolate from England, was studied. Resistance to vancomycin was transferable by conjugation to other enterococci. Expression of resistance was inducible and coincided with the appearance of a new membrane protein.

Enterococcus faecium small colony variant endocarditis in an immunocompetent patient

Small colony variants (SCV) are slow-growing subpopulations of bacteria usually associated with auxotrophism, causing persistent or recurrent infections. Enterococcus faecalis SCV have been seldom described, and only one case of Enterococcus faecium SCV has been reported, associated with sepsis in a leukaemia patient. Here we report the first case described of bacteraemia and endocarditis by SC...