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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Left, commensal bacteria (red) in the intestine are kept ... and to a lesser extend VRE (right). Infiltration of the colonic mucus layer may prove to be a critical step in bacterial spread to ...

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