Transposable elements have proliferated in the bacterium Enterococcus faecium, altering its metabolism and genome structure.

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) causes an infection common in US hospitals and is resistant to all commercially available antibiotics. Hospital outbreaks are rare in Europe, although ...

A toxin much like the one that causes botulism has unexpectedly turned up in a completely different type of bacteria - Enterococcus. Where it came from is unclear, but the finding is concerning ...

Hand sanitizers have become important tools in combating the spread of infections, particularly in health care settings; nowadays, you can’t walk far in a hospital or medical clinic without seeing ...

A recent Lancet Microbe study investigated the accuracy of antibiotic resistance determination from Enterococcus faecium genomes for diagnostic purposes. Study: Antibiotic resistance determination ...

Are super germs really evolving to survive hand sanitizers? The reality isn’t nearly as worrisome as it seems. Despite the scary headlines you may have seen this month, alcohol-based hand sanitizers ...

New research due to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)* reveals that raw-type dog foods contain high levels of multidrug-resistant ...

Allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplantation is a mainstay of treatment for hematologic cancers, and the gut microbiota — the collection of archaea, bacteria, fungi, protists, and viruses that reside ...

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A new study led by the University of Melbourne reveals that the antibiotic rifaximin contributes to the rise of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium (VRE) and threatens its treatment with ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can linger in hospitals even after deep cleaning, a study has revealed. Scientists used genome sequencing to monitor how easily a drug-resistant gastrointestinal ...