-
Vancomycin is a
glycopeptide antibiotic medication used to
treat certain bacterial infections. It is
administered intravenously (injection into a vein)...
-
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, or
vancomycin-resistant
enterococci (VRE), are
bacterial strains of the
genus Enterococcus that are
resistant to the...
-
Vancomycin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) are
strains of
Staphylococcus aureus that have
acquired resistance to the
glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin...
- also
developed resistance to
vancomycin (VRSA). One
strain is only
partially susceptible to
vancomycin and is
called vancomycin-intermediate S.
aureus (VISA)...
- pathogenic,
causing diseases such as
neonatal meningitis or endocarditis.
Vancomycin-resistant E.
faecium is
often referred to as VRE. This
bacterium has developed...
-
particularly virulent strains of
Enterococcus that are
resistant to
vancomycin (
vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, or VRE) have
emerged in
nosocomial infections...
-
Significant glycopeptide antibiotics include the anti-infective
antibiotics vancomycin, teicoplanin, telavancin, ramoplanin,
avoparcin and decaplanin, corbomycin...
-
Antibiotics that
cover methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA):
Vancomycin Teicoplanin Linezolid Daptomycin Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole Doxycycline...
-
Homofermentative with strain-specific
ability to
ferment pentoses, thermophilic,
vancomycin-sensitive,
adapted to
vertebrate or
insect hosts.
Holzapfelia Wilhelm...
-
chromosome or plasmid.
Resistance to
vancomycin in E.
faecalis is
becoming more common.
Treatment options for
vancomycin-resistant E.
faecalis include nitrofurantoin...
