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ReviewBMC microbiology2024

Promiscuous, persistent and problematic: insights into current enterococcal genomics to guide therapeutic strategy.

David Hourigan, Ewelina Stefanovic, Colin Hill, R Paul Ross

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Review in BMC microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Methicillin-ResistantMicroorganisms · 2026
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  8. Hidden diversity inMicrobiology spectrum · 2025
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  9. Genomic Epidemiology of Vancomycin-ResistantAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  10. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  12. Deciphering vancomycin resistance inFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

David Hourigan *APC Microbiome Ireland, Biosciences Institute, Biosciences Research Institute, College Rd, University College, Cork, Ireland.
Ewelina Stefanovic *APC Microbiome Ireland, Biosciences Institute, Biosciences Research Institute, College Rd, University College, Cork, Ireland.
Colin HillAPC Microbiome Ireland, Biosciences Institute, Biosciences Research Institute, College Rd, University College, Cork, Ireland.
R Paul RossAPC Microbiome Ireland, Biosciences Institute, Biosciences Research Institute, College Rd, University College, Cork, Ireland. p.ross@ucc.ie.

Funding

European Research Council 101054719
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are major opportunistic pathogens and the causative agents of serious diseases, such as urinary tract infections and endocarditis. VRE strains mainly include species of Enterococcus faecium and E. faecalis which can colonise the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of patients and, following growth and persistence in the gut, can transfer to blood resulting in systemic dissemination in the body. Advancements in genomics have revealed that hospital-associated VRE strains are characterised by increased numbers of mobile genetic elements, higher numbers of antibiotic resistance genes and often lack active CRISPR-Cas systems. Additionally, comparative genomics have increased our understanding of dissemination routes among patients and healthcare workers. Since the efficiency of currently available antibiotics is rapidly declining, new measures to control infection and dissemination of these persistent pathogens are urgently needed. These approaches include combinatory administration of antibiotics, strengthening colonisation resistance of the gut microbiota to reduce VRE proliferation through commensals or probiotic bacteria, or switching to non-antibiotic bacterial killers, such as bacteriophages or bacteriocins. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge of the genomics of VRE isolates and state-of-the-art therapeutic advances against VRE infections.

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Enterococcus faeciumGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsVancomycin-Resistant EnterococciAnti-Bacterial AgentsGenomicsHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntimicrobial resistance (AMR)BacteriocinsBacteriophageColonisation-resistanceEnterococcusSynergy

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PMID38539119
PMCPMC10976773

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