Aims: To document Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) infections prevalence, risk factors, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and evaluation of chromogenic plates in identifying VRE isolates in Trinidad and Tobago. Study Design: This was a cross sectional prospective observ...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18531
Enterococci have continued to attract considerable importance and attention as pathogens of public health concern both in the hospital and environmental settings. Therefore epidemiological studies of these organisms are now a major research interest. Incidence of multiple antibio...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/7348
Aims: The target of present study is to determine the frequency of occurrence of enterolysin A gene in Enterococcus faecalis strains from different sources and surveys about antibacterial effect of enl A gene positive strains. Study Design: Enterolysin A is a class IV bacteriocin...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/7216
Enterococcus faecalis possesses the unique properties such as production of serine protease and specific gene Ace, which aid in binding to extra cellular matrix protein like collagen, aggregation substances that help E. faecalis adhesion to recipient bacteria; helps to form biofi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/12027
Background: Enterococcus faecalis has intrinsic resistance which aids its spread in the hospital environment. As a nosocomial pathogen with increasing resistance breaking its route of transmission and spread is therefore imperative. Aims: In this study, six brands of disinfectant...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5025