brain substance, produced by a variety of pyogenic organisms. Infection originates via extension from adjacent foci or by metastasis through blood stream or thorough septic emboli from other sources of intravascular infection. Although Enterococcus spp account for one of the majority causes of brain abscesses, the true incidence of each of Enterococcus spp causing brain abscess is not known. Mo...

Forty-six bottled water samples representing 16 brands from Dhaka, Bangladesh were tested for the numbers of total coliforms, fecal indicator bacteria (i.e., thermotolerant Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp.) and potential bacterial pathogens (i.e., Aeromonas hydrophila, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella spp., and Shigella spp.). Among the 16 brands tested, 14 (86%), ten (63%) and seven (4...

OBJECTIVE This study measured the relationship between lesions suggestive of subclinical pig illness at harvest to carcass contamination and human foodborne risk. METHODS Over the course of eight visits (December 2005 to January 2006), we swabbed 280 randomly selected carcasses, during normal slaughter operations, at three points in the slaughter line: skin pre-scald; the bung or pelvic cavit...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are considered a significant cause of mortality in hospitalized patients; Also, it is associated with high healthcare costs. Microbial pathogens that may these different – Staphylococcus spp, Enterococcus spp., Escherichia coli, Klebsiella Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, and others. In addition, role plays yeast fungus, Candida spp. this revi...

background enterococci are a natural part of the genito-intestinal and gastrointestinal normal flora in humans and are widely distributed in the environment and are one of the most important causes of nosocomial infections. conclusions in this study none of the isolates were resistant to vancomycin, while 20% of isolates with mic of 4 μg ml-1 had intermediate reaction to it. other demographic p...

l objective: To test the antimicrobial effectiveness of a silver alginate dressing on opportunistic pathogens, namely meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (mSSa) and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (mrSa), Klebsiella spp., Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter sakazakii, Enterobacter cloacae, Serratia marcescens, Chr...

In this study, twelve Mallards living in an artificial wastewater wetland were exposed to treated wastewater containing 1 x 104 x 10 enterococci 100 ml for a period of 55 days. Faecal samples were collected before, during and after exposure and analysed for Enterococcus spp. The isolates were phenotyped using the PhenePlate system. 270 Enterococcus spp. of Mallard origin were analysed, together...

The abundance of Enterococci in the human intestinal microbiota environment is usually < 0.1% of the total bacterial fraction. The multiple resistance to antibiotics of the opportunistic Enterococcus spp. is alarming for the world medical community because of their high prevalence among clinically significant strains of microorganisms. Enterococci are able to collect different mobile genetic el...

Two thousand one hundred and thirteen strains of enterococci isolated at Pisa General Hospital in 1998 were analysed retrospectively to determine their glycopeptide resistance. Of all the microorganisms isolated in this period, 14.7% were enterococci (1405 Enterococcus faecalis, 19 Enterococcus faecium, six Enterococcus avium and 683 Enterococcus spp.). Two hundred and thirty (10.8%) of these e...

BACKGROUND The addition of sub therapeutic doses of antibiotics to cattle feed for growth promotion is a contributory factor to antibiotic resistance, thus an alternative to antibiotics is needed in animal feed additives. OBJECTIVE To determine the antimicrobial activity of cow's intestinal Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) against enteric commensals. METHOD Escherichia coli, Klebsiella species (s...