Increased high-level gentamicin resistance in invasiveEnterococcus faeciumis associated withaac(6′)Ie-aph(2″)Ia-encoding transferable megaplasmids hosted by major hospital-adapted lineages

Molecular characterisation of high-level gentamicin-resistant enterococci from bloodstream infections in Denmark: first description of clonal spread of aph(2′′)-Ib

(2012) Anette M. Hammerum et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

The hylEfm gene in pHylEfm of Enterococcus faecium is not required in pathogenesis of murine peritonitis

(2011) Diana Panesso et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Management of multidrug-resistant enterococcal infections

(2011) C.A. Arias et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Human and Swine Hosts Share Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium CC17 and CC5 and Enterococcus faecalis CC2 Clonal Clusters Harboring Tn1546 on Indistinguishable Plasmids

(2011) A. R. Freitas et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Contribution of the enterococcal surface protein Esp to pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecium endocarditis

(2011) Esther Heikens et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Global Spread of the hylEfm Colonization-Virulence Gene in Megaplasmids of the Enterococcus faecium CC17 Polyclonal Subcluster

(2010) A. R. Freitas et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Pyrosequencing-based comparative genome analysis of the nosocomial pathogen Enterococcus faecium and identification of a large transferable pathogenicity island

(2010) Willem van Schaik et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Mobile genetic elements and their contribution to the emergence of antimicrobial resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium

(2010) K. Hegstad et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Pathogenesis and immunity in enterococcal infections

(2010) I.G. Sava et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

A multiresistance megaplasmid pLG1 bearing a hylEfm genomic island in hospital Enterococcus faecium isolates

(2010) Jenny A. Laverde Gomez et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Host range of enterococcal vanA plasmids among Gram-positive intestinal bacteria

(2010) Guido Werner et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Molecular Epidemiology of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium: a Prospective, Multicenter Study in South American Hospitals

(2010) D. Panesso et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A surveillance of high-level gentamicin-resistant enterococcal bacteremia

(2010) Hideki Araoka et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

A Sustained Hospital Outbreak of Vancomycin‐ResistantEnterococcus faeciumBacteremia due to Emergence ofvanB E. faeciumSequence Type 203

(2010) Paul D. R. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Enterococcal surface protein contributes to persistence in the host but is not a target of opsonic and protective antibodies in Enterococcus faecium infection

(2010) I. G. Sava et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The fms21 (pilA)-fms20 locus encoding one of four distinct pili of Enterococcus faecium is harboured on a large transferable plasmid associated with gut colonization and virulence

(2010) D. S. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of theebpfmpilus-encoding operon ofEnterococcus faeciumand its role in biofilm formation and virulence in a murine model of urinary tract infection

(2010) Jouko Sillanpää et al.   Virulence

Cotransfer of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and a hylEfm-Containing Virulence Plasmid in Enterococcus faecium

(2009) C. A. Arias et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

PCR-based plasmid typing inEnterococcus faeciumstrains reveals widely distributed pRE25-, pRUM-, pIP501- and pHTβ-related replicons associated with glycopeptide resistance and stabilizing toxin–antitoxin systems

(2009) Torill C.S. Rosvoll et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Transition ofEnterococcus faeciumfrom commensal organism to nosocomial pathogen

(2009) Rob JL Willems et al.   Future Microbiology

SgrA, a Nidogen-Binding LPXTG Surface Adhesin Implicated in Biofilm Formation, and EcbA, a Collagen Binding MSCRAMM, Are Two Novel Adhesins of Hospital-Acquired Enterococcus faecium

(2009) A. P. A. Hendrickx et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Distribution of Genes Encoding MSCRAMMs and Pili in Clinical and Natural Populations of Enterococcus faecium

(2009) J. Sillanpaa et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Enterococcal Surface Protein Transiently AggravatesEnterococcus faecium–Induced Urinary Tract Infection in Mice

(2009) Masja Leendertse et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A classification system for plasmids from enterococci and other Gram-positive bacteria

(2009) L.B. Jensen et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Genetic Diversity of Enterococci Harboring the High-Level Gentamicin Resistance Gene aac(6′)-Ie-aph(2″)-Ia or aph(2″)-Ie in a Japanese Hospital

(2009) Shojiro Watanabe et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

The replicons of Gram-positive bacteria: A family of broadly distributed but narrow host range plasmids

(2009) Keith E. Weaver et al.   PLASMID

LPxTG surface proteins of enterococci

(2009) Antoni P.A. Hendrickx et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

A Functional Collagen Adhesin Gene, acm, in Clinical Isolates of Enterococcus faecium Correlates with the Recent Success of This Emerging Nosocomial Pathogen

(2008) S. R. Nallapareddy et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Emergence of ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Danish hospitals

(2008) C. H. Lester et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Transferable Capacity for Gastrointestinal Colonization inEnterococcus faeciumin a Mouse Model

(2008) Louis B. Rice et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Expression of two distinct types of pili by a hospital-acquired Enterococcus faecium isolate

(2008) A. P. A. Hendrickx et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Identification and phenotypic characterization of a second collagen adhesin, Scm, and genome-based identification and analysis of 13 other predicted MSCRAMMs, including four distinct pilus loci, in Enterococcus faecium

(2008) J. Sillanpaa et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM