introduction: this in vitro study compared the antibacterial efficacy of 2.5% sodium hypochlorite gel and 2.5% and 5.25% sodium hypochlorite solutions on enterococcus faecalis ( e. faecalis ) biofilm. methods and materials: the root canals of 60 extracted human single-rooted teeth were contaminated with e. faecalis and incubated for 6 weeks. the samples were randomly assigned to three experimen...

AIM : The aim of this study was to determine the antibacterial compound Altingia excelsa leaves inhibit growth Entrococcus faecalis.
 METHODS true experimental laboratory design. Separating ethyl acetate extract via their compounds using various chromatographic techniques. Four extracts from A. obtained by maceration method. highest inhibitory effect then continued be isolated until one ob...

Enterococcus faecalis is an opportunistic pathogen and is one of the leading causes of nosocomial infections. E. faecalis harbors a number of antibiotic resistance genes, and most of these are present on mobile genetic elements (MGEs) that can be disseminated within the species, as well as to other members of the human microflora. In an article by Price and colleagues [V. J. Price et al., mSphe...

Enterococcus faecalis is becoming an increasingly important opportunistic pathogen worldwide, especially because it can cause life-threatening nosocomial infections. Treating E. faecalis infections has become increasingly difficult because of the prevalence of multidrug-resistant E. faecalis strains. Because bacteriophages show specificity for their bacterial hosts, there has been a growth in i...

This in vitro study was carried out to determine (1) the hydrophobicity of selected oral bacteria, (2) the influence of growth media (saliva and serum) and mode of growth (planktonic or biofilm) on the hydrophobicity of Enterococcus faecalis, and (3) the influence of growth media and conditioning fluids on the adherence of E. faecalis to dentin. The ability to bind to a hydrocarbon phase (xylen...

OBJECTIVE To study prognostic factors for persistent otitis media with effusion (OME) in a birth cohort of 30,099 children born in the eastern part of The Netherlands between January 1, 1996, and April 1, 1997. DESIGN Case-referent study. SUBJECTS Children who failed a triple hearing test before their first birthday and were subsequently diagnosed with bilateral OME during 3 of the 4 bimont...

Identification and susceptibility studies were performed on 301 blood and urine Streptococcus faecalis and Streptococcus faecium isolates. Strep Trio-Tubes S4, S5, and S3 (Carr-Scarborough Microbiologicals, Inc.) were compared with conventional methods for accuracy and rapidity. Of 282 isolates identified as S. faecalis, 98% were identified by species in 4 h with Trio-Tubes; the same percentage...

Thirty-two clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis were screened for virulence factors. Twenty-four (75%) isolates produced hemolysin on Mueller-Hinton blood agar plates with sheep erythrocytes. However, the cell free heat-stable hemolysin was detected in all isolates (100%) of E. faecalis when grown in BHI-GA (BHI medium supplemented with 1% glucose and 0.03% L-arginine), but not in BHI bro...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the ability of endodontic irrigants and medicaments to eliminate Enterococcus faecalis from infected dentinal tubules, and whether their antimicrobial action was enhanced by surfactant. STUDY DESIGN For the study, 5-mm dentin disks were sectioned from bovine incisor roots and infected with E faecalis. Lumens were instrumented, and 1 of 7 medicaments (10% Ca(O...