In the current case series, daptomycin was shown to be a safe and effective therapeutic option in the management of VRE UTIs. Because of the increasing prevalence of VRE infection and the limited ...

Australian research has found that the widespread use of the antibiotic rifaximin is fueling the rise of a nearly untreatable superbug. (1 Trusted Source In a study published, international ...

This study included patients enrolled in active surveillance testing (AST) for CRE, MRSA, or VRE during the year 2021. Development of relevant invasive infection within 365 days of the AST result was ...

dDepartment of Infection, Centre for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London WC1B4HA, UK eNational Institute for Health Care Research (NIHR) ...

Introduction: Plasmids, the most important and versatile bacterial extrachromosomal DNA Molecules, has have been a center central topic for bacterial genetics and biology. However, the inability of ...

Waste recycling and reuse to achieve carbon neutrality is a goal that many countries are striving for (Burnley et al., 2011). Among the most common wastes, livestock manure from the growing livestock ...

This study reports important findings on identifying sequence motifs that predict substrate specificity in a class of lipid synthesis enzymes. It sheds light on a mechanism used by bacteria to modify ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64(1):28-30. The neonatal intensive care setting offers unique challenges when attempting to standardize drug concentrations. A diverse range of patients exists within ...

Dystrophic calcifications of the aortic valve may cause symptomatic aortic stenosis and account for a significant portion of patients who undergo elective valve replacement. Calcifications appearing ...