Antimicrobial and antibiofilm effects of essential fatty acids against clinically isolated vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

IntroductionEnterococcus faecium is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections, which has become a serious public health concern. The increasing incidence of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium (VRE-fm) raises an urgent need to find new antimicrobial agents as a complement to traditional antibiotic...

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Main Authors: Ming Wei, Peng Wang, Tianmeng Li, Qiangyi Wang, Mingze Su, Li Gu, Shuai Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1266674/full