Published in J Med Microbiol on February 01, 2007
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Acquisition of a natural resistance gene renders a clinical strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus resistant to the synthetic antibiotic linezolid. Mol Microbiol (2007) 3.47
Endocarditis and biofilm-associated pili of Enterococcus faecalis. J Clin Invest (2006) 3.33
Genetic basis for in vivo daptomycin resistance in enterococci. N Engl J Med (2011) 3.20
Point: Vancomycin is not obsolete for the treatment of infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 3.05
Large scale variation in Enterococcus faecalis illustrated by the genome analysis of strain OG1RF. Genome Biol (2008) 2.71
Influence of origin of isolates, especially endocarditis isolates, and various genes on biofilm formation by Enterococcus faecalis. Infect Immun (2004) 2.69
Multilocus sequence typing scheme for Enterococcus faecalis reveals hospital-adapted genetic complexes in a background of high rates of recombination. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 2.49
A potential virulence gene, hylEfm, predominates in Enterococcus faecium of clinical origin. J Infect Dis (2003) 2.29
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Role of the Enterococcus faecalis GelE protease in determination of cellular chain length, supernatant pheromone levels, and degradation of fibrin and misfolded surface proteins. J Bacteriol (2003) 1.85
Clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium exhibit strain-specific collagen binding mediated by Acm, a new member of the MSCRAMM family. Mol Microbiol (2003) 1.85
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Emergence and management of drug-resistant enterococcal infections. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther (2008) 1.80
An Enterococcus faecalis ABC homologue (Lsa) is required for the resistance of this species to clindamycin and quinupristin-dalfopristin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 1.79
Dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 sequence type 8 lineage in Latin America. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.77
Importance of the ebp (endocarditis- and biofilm-associated pilus) locus in the pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecalis ascending urinary tract infection. J Infect Dis (2007) 1.74
Comparison of OG1RF and an isogenic fsrB deletion mutant by transcriptional analysis: the Fsr system of Enterococcus faecalis is more than the activator of gelatinase and serine protease. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.71
Molecular characterization of a widespread, pathogenic, and antibiotic resistance-receptive Enterococcus faecalis lineage and dissemination of its putative pathogenicity island. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.66
A family of putative MSCRAMMs from Enterococcus faecalis. Microbiology (2004) 1.63
Construction of improved temperature-sensitive and mobilizable vectors and their use for constructing mutations in the adhesin-encoding acm gene of poorly transformable clinical Enterococcus faecium strains. Appl Environ Microbiol (2006) 1.59
Failure of daptomycin monotherapy for endocarditis caused by an Enterococcus faecium strain with vancomycin-resistant and vancomycin-susceptible subpopulations and evidence of in vivo loss of the vanA gene cluster. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 1.55
Genomic and SNP analyses demonstrate a distant separation of the hospital and community-associated clades of Enterococcus faecium. PLoS One (2012) 1.54
Cotransfer of antibiotic resistance genes and a hylEfm-containing virulence plasmid in Enterococcus faecium. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.51
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. Microbiology (2008) 1.47
A functional collagen adhesin gene, acm, in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium correlates with the recent success of this emerging nosocomial pathogen. Infect Immun (2008) 1.47
Involvement of PhoP-PhoS homologs in Enterococcus faecalis virulence. Infect Immun (2002) 1.46
MRSA USA300 clone and VREF--a U.S.-Colombian connection? N Engl J Med (2008) 1.44
Contribution of the collagen adhesin Acm to pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecium in experimental endocarditis. Infect Immun (2008) 1.43
Conventional and molecular epidemiology of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistance among urinary Escherichia coli isolates. Am J Med (2003) 1.43
Complete genome sequence of Enterococcus faecium strain TX16 and comparative genomic analysis of Enterococcus faecium genomes. BMC Microbiol (2012) 1.43
Importance of the collagen adhesin ace in pathogenesis and protection against Enterococcus faecalis experimental endocarditis. PLoS Pathog (2010) 1.43
Analysis of clonality and antibiotic resistance among early clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium in the United States. J Infect Dis (2009) 1.42
Correlation between mutations in liaFSR of Enterococcus faecium and MIC of daptomycin: revisiting daptomycin breakpoints. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 1.41
Evidence that the enterococcal polysaccharide antigen gene (epa) cluster is widespread in Enterococcus faecalis and influences resistance to phagocytic killing of E. faecalis. Infect Immun (2002) 1.39
Evaluation of standard- and high-dose daptomycin versus linezolid against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus isolates in an in vitro pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model with simulated endocardial vegetations. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 1.38
Daptomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis diverts the antibiotic molecule from the division septum and remodels cell membrane phospholipids. MBio (2013) 1.35
Inoculum effect with cefazolin among clinical isolates of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus: frequency and possible cause of cefazolin treatment failure. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.35
The Enterococcus faecalis fsrB gene, a key component of the fsr quorum-sensing system, is associated with virulence in the rabbit endophthalmitis model. Infect Immun (2002) 1.33
Fsr-independent production of protease(s) may explain the lack of attenuation of an Enterococcus faecalis fsr mutant versus a gelE-sprE mutant in induction of endocarditis. Infect Immun (2005) 1.33
Relative contributions of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF sortase-encoding genes, srtA and bps (srtC), to biofilm formation and a murine model of urinary tract infection. Infect Immun (2007) 1.32
Transferable plasmid-mediated resistance to linezolid due to cfr in a human clinical isolate of Enterococcus faecalis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 1.31
Clinical and microbiological aspects of linezolid resistance mediated by the cfr gene encoding a 23S rRNA methyltransferase. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.30
Importance of gls24 in virulence and stress response of Enterococcus faecalis and use of the Gls24 protein as a possible immunotherapy target. J Infect Dis (2004) 1.29
Transcriptional response of Enterococcus faecalis V583 to erythromycin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 1.28
Effects of glucose on fsr-mediated biofilm formation in Enterococcus faecalis. J Infect Dis (2004) 1.26
Ligand-signaled upregulation of Enterococcus faecalis ace transcription, a mechanism for modulating host-E. faecalis interaction. Infect Immun (2006) 1.26
Distribution of genes encoding MSCRAMMs and Pili in clinical and natural populations of Enterococcus faecium. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.25
Whole-genome analysis of a daptomycin-susceptible enterococcus faecium strain and its daptomycin-resistant variant arising during therapy. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 1.25
Decreased virulence of a gls24 mutant of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF in an experimental endocarditis model. Infect Immun (2005) 1.25
Mechanism for sortase localization and the role of sortase localization in efficient pilus assembly in Enterococcus faecalis. J Bacteriol (2009) 1.23
Daptomycin resistance in enterococci is associated with distinct alterations of cell membrane phospholipid content. PLoS One (2012) 1.23
Sequential outbreaks of infections by distinct Acinetobacter baumannii strains in a public teaching hospital in Houston, Texas. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.23
Transferable vancomycin resistance in a community-associated MRSA lineage. N Engl J Med (2014) 1.23
Relapse of type A beta-lactamase-producing Staphylococcus aureus native valve endocarditis during cefazolin therapy: revisiting the issue. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 1.22
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Colombia. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.21
EbpR is important for biofilm formation by activating expression of the endocarditis and biofilm-associated pilus operon (ebpABC) of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF. J Bacteriol (2007) 1.20
The hylEfm gene in pHylEfm of Enterococcus faecium is not required in pathogenesis of murine peritonitis. BMC Microbiol (2011) 1.18
Adaptation of Enterococcus faecalis to daptomycin reveals an ordered progression to resistance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 1.18
An Enterococcus faecium secreted antigen, SagA, exhibits broad-spectrum binding to extracellular matrix proteins and appears essential for E. faecium growth. Infect Immun (2003) 1.16
Enterococcus faecalis rnjB is required for pilin gene expression and biofilm formation. J Bacteriol (2010) 1.16
Relative contributions of Ebp Pili and the collagen adhesin ace to host extracellular matrix protein adherence and experimental urinary tract infection by Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF. Infect Immun (2011) 1.16
Further characterization of the epa gene cluster and Epa polysaccharides of Enterococcus faecalis. Infect Immun (2009) 1.16
The Enterococcus faecalis MSCRAMM ACE binds its ligand by the Collagen Hug model. J Biol Chem (2007) 1.13
Molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: a prospective, multicenter study in South American hospitals. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.12
Treatment of extended-spectrum Beta-lactamase enterobacteriaceae with cefepime: the dose matters, too. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 1.10
A liaF codon deletion abolishes daptomycin bactericidal activity against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 1.10
A collagen-binding adhesin, Acb, and ten other putative MSCRAMM and pilus family proteins of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus (Streptococcus bovis Group, biotype I). J Bacteriol (2009) 1.09
Occult Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: other points to consider. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 1.07
Unmet needs and prospects for oritavancin in the management of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.07
Analysis of PBP5 of early U.S. isolates of Enterococcus faecium: sequence variation alone does not explain increasing ampicillin resistance over time. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 1.06
Necrotizing fasciitis due to Vibrio alginolyticus in an immunocompetent patient. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.06
Molecular epidemiology of the fsr locus and of gelatinase production among different subsets of Enterococcus faecalis isolates. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.06
Gelatinase is important for translocation of Enterococcus faecalis across polarized human enterocyte-like T84 cells. Infect Immun (2005) 1.05
Collagen-binding microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecule (MSCRAMM) of Gram-positive bacteria inhibit complement activation via the classical pathway. J Biol Chem (2013) 1.04
Resistance or decreased susceptibility to glycopeptides, daptomycin, and linezolid in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Curr Opin Pharmacol (2010) 1.04
Biochemical characterization of cardiolipin synthase mutations associated with daptomycin resistance in enterococci. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 1.03
Role played by serum, a biological cue, in the adherence of Enterococcus faecalis to extracellular matrix proteins, collagen, fibrinogen, and fibronectin. J Infect Dis (2008) 1.03
Time-kill and synergism studies of ceftobiprole against Enterococcus faecalis, including beta-lactamase-producing and vancomycin-resistant isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.03
The Fsr quorum-sensing system of Enterococcus faecalis modulates surface display of the collagen-binding MSCRAMM Ace through regulation of gelE. J Bacteriol (2011) 1.02
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. J Med Microbiol (2010) 1.01