Intestinal colonization by antibiotic-resistant Enterococcus faecium is the first step in a process that can lead to infections in hospitalized patients. By comparative genome analysis and subsequent ...
We hear a lot more about our bad bugs than our good bugs — about treatment-resistant gonorrhea and C. difficile and run-amok E.coli. But we also hear more and more about how our bodies are ecosystems ...
Vol. 24, Supplement 1. Monitoring and Management of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents: A World Health Organization Symposium (Jan., 1997), pp. S80-S84 (5 pages) In recent years, enterococci ...
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An experimental treatment using viruses to kill bacteria gave a mother more months of life and furthered knowledge to help future patients, researchers report in a recent case study. It was a ...