These changes "upregulate" a previously unknown gene cluster (prdRAB) leading to alterations in the VRE cell membrane and causing cross resistance to daptomycin. "When bacteria become resistant to ...

The study hypothesized that Na +-transporting V-ATPase could play a key role in the development of an antibiotic that ...

The authors suggested in their paper that VRE could be spread by refuse from medical centers, and that because crows feed on garbage in urban ...

“They showed not only that this [norovirus] is protective against VRE—which is a very serious, hospital-acquired pathogen—but that they could also mimic the effect of the virus using a drug,” said ...

A drug-resistant type of bacteria that has adapted to health care ... a hospital – and are matched up against other strains of VRE in a patient’s gut, they take over. It’s a ‘kill your ...

A drug-resistant type of bacteria that has adapted to health care ... as a hospital—and are matched up against other strains of VRE in a patient's gut, they take over. It's a 'kill your buddies ...

Doctors in Denmark are registering considerably more cases involving the multi-resistant bacteria CPE (carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae) and VRE (Vancomycin-resistant enterococci). According ...