scholarly journals Elucidating vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium outbreaks: the role of clonal spread and movement of mobile genetic elements

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
X Zhou ◽  
M A Chlebowicz ◽  
E Bathoorn ◽  
S Rosema ◽  
N Couto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enterococcus Faecium ◽  
Mobile Genetic Elements ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus ◽  
Genetic Elements ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant ◽  
Clonal Spread

scholarly journals Mobile Genetic Elements in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Population

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gastón Delpech ◽  
Leonardo García Allende ◽  
Mónica Sparo
Keyword(s):  
Enterococcus Faecium ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Pathogenic Bacteria ◽  
Mobile Genetic Elements ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus ◽  
Transfer Resistance ◽  
Genetic Elements ◽  
Conjugative Transposons ◽  
Resistance Determinants ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant

Horizontal gene transfer constitutes a key driving force in bacterial evolution. The ability to acquire mobile genetic elements encoding antimicrobial resistance has contributed to the emergence of Enterococcus faecium as one of the main human nosocomial opportunistic pathogens. The deep analysis of the vancomycin-resistant E. faecium (VREfm) population’s mobilome, as the architecture and evolution of the core genome enables to observe VREfm plasticity and power of adaptation in animals, plants, environment and food. The persistence of VREfm is facilitated by the exchange of plasmids, phages and conjugative transposons that have allowed them to achieve a rapid adaptation to changes in environmental conditions. They can acquire resistance determinants from several species and transfer resistance genes to other potentially pathogenic bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains.

Colonization pattern of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 202-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
E YAMAGUCHIE ◽  
F VALENA ◽  
S SMITH ◽  
A SIMMONS ◽  
R ENG
Keyword(s):  
Enterococcus Faecium ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus ◽  
Colonization Pattern ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant
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