Eleven cases of subacute bacterial endocarditis were selected for study. The pertinent information concerning etiologic agent, antibiotic employed, dosage and duration of treatment, as well as the ...

including vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE), such as Enterococcus faecium (E. faecium). VRE causes severe hospital-acquired infections like endocarditis and sepsis and has developed ...

The following is a summary of “Combination therapy versus monotherapy: retrospective analysis of antibiotic treatment of enterococcal endocarditis,” published in the January 2025 issue of Infectious ...

Echocardiographic evaluation of vegetations is crucial in infective endocarditis (IE ... followed by streptococcal species (28.2%) and enterococcal species (12.4%). Negative blood culture was found in ...

V-161, a novel compound targeting the Na+ -V-ATPase enzyme in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE), significantly reduces bacterial growth and colonization. A recent study has ...

In this study 4 patients with bacterial endocarditis who were allergic ... of endocarditis due to gram-positive cocci (except the enterococcus) in patients who are allergic to penicillin.

Introduction: Enterococcus are considered an important genus in terms of Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs), which means that their characterization regarding resistance and virulence profiles in the ...

Opportunistic bacteria from the genus Staphylococcus can cause life-threatening infections such as pneumonia, endocarditis, bone and joint infections, and sepsis. This pathogenicity is closely related ...