| evidence for clonal spread of a single strain of beta-lactamase-producing enterococcus (streptococcus) faecalis to six hospitals in five states. | beta-lactamase-producing (bla+) enterococci have been reported in three state and two countries. pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was used to compare 14 bla+ enterococcus (streptococcus) faecalis isolated from hospitalized patients in seven states and three continents. the restriction endonuclease digestion patterns of isolates from connecticut, massachusetts, lebanon, and argentina were all markedly different, indicating that these were different strains. however, isolates from delaware, texas, ... | 1991 | 1901330 |
| implications of multiple antimicrobial-resistant enterococci associated with the poultry environment. | poultry are increasingly being associated with carriage of multiresistant organisms that may cause disease in humans. among these organisms are the enterococci, not regarded as a common cause of hospital-acquired infections. the use of antimicrobials for growth promotion in poultry production envronments may facilitate the dissemination of resistance to enterococcus spp. that have the potential to be clinically significant. to assess descriptively the degree of multiresistant enterococci in the ... | 2001 | 11761123 |
| geographic sharing of ribotype patterns in enterococcus faecalis for bacterial source tracking. | the limited host range of enterococcus faecalis may reduce its clonal diversity and thereby increase its geographic sharing of ribotype patterns. such sharing would be advantageous for bacterial source tracking (bst). we determined the geographic sharing of ribotype patterns in 752 ent. faecalis isolates obtained primarily from wastewater treatment plants in delaware (15 locations; 490 isolates), georgia (2 locations; 48 isolates), idaho (1 location; 118 isolates), new york (2 locations; 48 isol ... | 2007 | 17878566 |