Gut Microbiota Predict <italic toggle="yes">Enterococcus</italic> Expansion but Not Vancomycin-Resistant <italic toggle="yes">Enterococcus</italic> Acquisition

Gut Microbiota Predict <italic toggle="yes">Enterococcus</italic> Expansion but Not Vancomycin-Resistant <italic toggle="yes">Enterococcus</italic> Acquisition

ABSTRACT Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections and continues to spread despite widespread implementation of pathogen-targeted control guidelines. Commensal gut microbiota provide colonization resistance to VRE, but the role of gut microbiota in VR...

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Main Authors: Rishi Chanderraj, Christopher A. Brown, Kevin Hinkle, Nicole Falkowski, Piyush Ranjan, Robert P. Dickson, Robert J. Woods
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-12-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
microbiome
vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus
colonization resistance
hospital-acquired infection
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00537-20

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00537-20

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