Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
"Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Strains of the genus Enterococcus that are resistant to the antibiotic VANCOMYCIN. The enterococci become resistant by acquiring plasmids carrying genes for VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE.
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D065507
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.353.750.250.250.650 B03.510.550.250.250.650
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci" by people in Profiles.
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Novel method of calculating adjusted antibiotic use by microbiological burden. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 06; 42(6):688-693.
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Sepsis 2019: What Surgeons Need to Know. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2020 Apr; 21(3):195-204.
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Antimicrobial copper alloys decreased bacteria on stethoscope surfaces. Am J Infect Control. 2017 Jun 01; 45(6):642-647.
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Impact of a rapid multiplex polymerase chain reaction blood culture identification technology on outcomes in patients with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcal bacteremia. Infect Dis (Lond). 2016 Oct; 48(10):732-7.