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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Endocarditis and biofilm-associated pili of Enterococcus faecalis.
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J Clin Invest
|
2006
|
3.33
|
|
2
|
Large scale variation in Enterococcus faecalis illustrated by the genome analysis of strain OG1RF.
|
Genome Biol
|
2008
|
2.71
|
|
3
|
Molecular typing of selected Enterococcus faecalis isolates: pilot study using multilocus sequence typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2002
|
1.98
|
|
4
|
Virulence effect of Enterococcus faecalis protease genes and the quorum-sensing locus fsr in Caenorhabditis elegans and mice.
|
Infect Immun
|
2002
|
1.96
|
|
5
|
Characterization of the ebp(fm) pilus-encoding operon of Enterococcus faecium and its role in biofilm formation and virulence in a murine model of urinary tract infection.
|
Virulence
|
2011
|
1.80
|
|
6
|
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
|
|
7
|
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
|
|
8
|
Cotransfer of antibiotic resistance genes and a hylEfm-containing virulence plasmid in Enterococcus faecium.
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Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2009
|
1.51
|
|
9
|
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
|
|
10
|
Involvement of PhoP-PhoS homologs in Enterococcus faecalis virulence.
|
Infect Immun
|
2002
|
1.46
|
|
11
|
Contribution of the collagen adhesin Acm to pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecium in experimental endocarditis.
|
Infect Immun
|
2008
|
1.43
|
|
12
|
Conventional and molecular epidemiology of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistance among urinary Escherichia coli isolates.
|
Am J Med
|
2003
|
1.43
|
|
13
|
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
|
|
14
|
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
|
|
15
|
Transferable plasmid-mediated resistance to linezolid due to cfr in a human clinical isolate of Enterococcus faecalis.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2012
|
1.31
|
|
16
|
Decreased virulence of a gls24 mutant of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF in an experimental endocarditis model.
|
Infect Immun
|
2005
|
1.25
|
|
17
|
Sequential outbreaks of infections by distinct Acinetobacter baumannii strains in a public teaching hospital in Houston, Texas.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2007
|
1.23
|
|
18
|
Relapse of type A beta-lactamase-producing Staphylococcus aureus native valve endocarditis during cefazolin therapy: revisiting the issue.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2003
|
1.22
|
|
19
|
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
|
|
20
|
The hylEfm gene in pHylEfm of Enterococcus faecium is not required in pathogenesis of murine peritonitis.
|
BMC Microbiol
|
2011
|
1.18
|
|
21
|
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
|
|
22
|
Further characterization of the epa gene cluster and Epa polysaccharides of Enterococcus faecalis.
|
Infect Immun
|
2009
|
1.16
|
|
23
|
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
|
|
24
|
Molecular epidemiology of the fsr locus and of gelatinase production among different subsets of Enterococcus faecalis isolates.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2004
|
1.06
|
|
25
|
Time-kill and synergism studies of ceftobiprole against Enterococcus faecalis, including beta-lactamase-producing and vancomycin-resistant isolates.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2007
|
1.03
|
|
26
|
Conservation of Ebp-type pilus genes among Enterococci and demonstration of their role in adherence of Enterococcus faecalis to human platelets.
|
Infect Immun
|
2011
|
1.01
|
|
27
|
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
|
|
28
|
Adherence characteristics of endocarditis-derived Streptococcus gallolyticus ssp. gallolyticus (Streptococcus bovis biotype I) isolates to host extracellular matrix proteins.
|
FEMS Microbiol Lett
|
2008
|
1.01
|
|
29
|
Targeting pili in enterococcal pathogenesis.
|
Infect Immun
|
2014
|
0.97
|
|
30
|
Contribution of the enterococcal surface protein Esp to pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecium endocarditis.
|
Microbes Infect
|
2011
|
0.97
|
|
31
|
Porcine and human community reservoirs of Enterococcus faecalis, Denmark.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2011
|
0.96
|
|
32
|
Contribution of individual Ebp Pilus subunits of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF to pilus biogenesis, biofilm formation and urinary tract infection.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.95
|
|
33
|
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis: linezolid failure and strain characterization of virulence factors.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2006
|
0.95
|
|
34
|
A family of fibrinogen-binding MSCRAMMs from Enterococcus faecalis.
|
Microbiology
|
2009
|
0.93
|
|
35
|
Importance of two Enterococcus faecium loci encoding Gls-like proteins for in vitro bile salts stress response and virulence.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2011
|
0.92
|
|
36
|
Evaluation of ceftobiprole medocaril against Enterococcus faecalis in a mouse peritonitis model.
|
J Antimicrob Chemother
|
2007
|
0.92
|
|
37
|
Determination of an inoculum effect with various cephalosporins among clinical isolates of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2010
|
0.90
|
|
38
|
Rapid identification of Enterococcus hirae and Enterococcus durans by PCR and detection of a homologue of the E. hirae mur-2 Gene in E. durans.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2006
|
0.86
|
|
39
|
Activity of tigecycline (GAR-936), a novel glycylcycline, against Enterococci in the mouse peritonitis model.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2003
|
0.85
|
|
40
|
Development of a genomic site for gene integration and expression in Enterococcus faecalis.
|
J Microbiol Methods
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
41
|
Influence of isolate origin and presence of various genes on biofilm formation by Enterococcus faecium.
|
FEMS Microbiol Lett
|
2014
|
0.83
|
|
42
|
In vivo efficacy of the ketolide ABT-773 (cethromycin) against enterococci in a mouse peritonitis model.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2003
|
0.81
|
|
43
|
Dissecting the mechanisms of linezolid resistance in a Drosophila melanogaster infection model of Staphylococcus aureus.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2013
|
0.79
|