Enterococci Acquire New Kinds of Resistance

The life and times of the Enterococcus

1990 • 1,772 citations

Plasmid-Mediated Resistance to Vancomycin and Teicoplanin in Enterococcus Faecium

1988 • 1,441 citations

Major trends in the microbial etiology of nosocomial infection

1991 • 1,131 citations

Co-transfer of vancomycin and other resistance genes from Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 12201 to Staphylococcus aureus

1992 • 827 citations

Genetics and mechanisms of glycopeptide resistance in enterococci

1993 • 677 citations

Molecular basis for vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium BM4147: biosynthesis of a depsipeptide peptidoglycan precursor by vancomycin resistance proteins VanH and VanA

1991 • 640 citations

Characterization of Tn1546, a Tn3-related transposon conferring glycopeptide resistance by synthesis of depsipeptide peptidoglycan precursors in Enterococcus faecium BM4147

1993 • 598 citations

THE STRUCTURE AND MODE OF ACTION OF GLYCOPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS OF THE VANCOMYCIN GROUP

1984 • 490 citations

Farm animals as a putative reservoir for vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infection in man

1994 • 432 citations

The VanS-VanR two-component regulatory system controls synthesis of depsipeptide peptidoglycan precursors in Enterococcus faecium BM4147

1992 • 327 citations

Transferable vancomycin and teicoplanin resistance in Enterococcus faecium

1989 • 315 citations

Studies on antibiotic synergism against enterococci

1971 • 297 citations

Effects of Membrane-Energy Mutations and Cations on Streptomycin and Gentamicin Accumulation by Bacteria: a Model for Entry of Streptomycin and Gentamicin in Susceptible and Resistant Bacteria

1977 • 276 citations

Glycopeptide resistance mediated by enterococcal transposon Tn 1546 requires production of VanX for hydrolysis of D‐alanyl‐D‐alanine

1994 • 192 citations

Beta-lactamase-producing enterococci

1992 • 186 citations

Evidence for Clonal Spread of a Single Strain of -Lactamase-Producing Enterococcus (Streptococcus) faecalis to Six Hospitals in Five States

1991 • 183 citations

Characterization of the chromosomal aac(6')-Ii gene specific for Enterococcus faecium

1993 • 177 citations

Vancomycin resistance gene vanC is specific to Enterococcus gallinarum

1992 • 174 citations

Identification of a streptococcal penicillin-binding protein that reacts very slowly with penicillin

1983 • 162 citations

The vanZ gene of Tn1546 from enterococcus faecium BM4147 confers resistance to teicoplanin

1995 • 162 citations

Analysis of genes encoding D-alanine-D-alanine ligase-related enzymes in Enterococcus casseliflavus and Enterococcus flavescens

1994 • 160 citations

The vanB Gene Confers Various Levels of Self-Transferable Resistance to Vancomycin in Enterococci

1993 • 155 citations

One or Two Low Affinity Penicillin-binding Proteins May Be Responsible for the Range of Susceptibility of Enterococcus faecium to Benzylpenicillin

1985 • 153 citations

Species-Specific Resistance to Antimicrobial Synergism in Streptococcus faecium and Streptococcus faecalis

1979 • 149 citations

Resistance of Enterococci to Aminoglycosides and Glycopeptides

1992 • 141 citations

Identification of the satA gene encoding a streptogramin A acetyltransferase in Enterococcus faecium BM4145

1993 • 130 citations

Transferability of macrolide, lincomycin, and streptogramin resistances between group A, B, and D streptococci, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus aureus

1980 • 128 citations

Overproduction of a low-affinity penicillin-binding protein and high-level ampicillin resistance in Enterococcus faecium

1994 • 126 citations

Conjugal transfer of the vancomycin resistance determinantvanBbetween enterococci involves the movement of large genetic elements from chromosome to chromosome

1994 • 123 citations

The Enterococcus: "Putting the Bug in Our Ears"

1987 • 122 citations

Plasmid-mediated resistance to aminocyclitol antibiotics in group D streptococci

1980 • 118 citations

Transition from resistance to hypersusceptibility to beta-lactam antibiotics associated with loss of a low-affinity penicillin-binding protein in a Streptococcus faecium mutant highly resistant to penicillin

1985 • 101 citations

Vancomycin susceptibility and identification of motile enterococci

1991 • 101 citations

Ribosomal resistance of clinical enterococcal to streptomycin isolates

1984 • 74 citations

The in-vitro activity of new streptogramins, RP 59500, RP 57669 and RP 54476, alone and in combination

1992 • 68 citations

The Enterococcus hirae R40 penicillin-binding protein 5 and the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus penicillin-binding protein 2′ are similar

1991 • 65 citations

Identification of a genetic element (psr) which negatively controls expression of Enterococcus hirae penicillin-binding protein 5

1993 • 57 citations

Sequence of the vanY gene required for production of a vancomycin-inducible D,D-carboxypeptidase in Enterococcus faecium BM4147

1992 • 54 citations

Failure of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole therapy in experimental enterococcal endocarditis

1990 • 52 citations

Nucleotide sequence of the beta-lactamase gene from Enterococcus faecalis HH22 and its similarity to staphylococcal beta-lactamase genes

1991 • 40 citations

Modification of penicillin-binding proteins of penicillin-resistant mutants of different species of enterococci

1990 • 40 citations

Ribosomal Resistance of Clinical Enterococcal Isolates to Streptomycin

1984 • 34 citations

Sequence analysis of the beta-lactamase repressor from Staphylococcus aureus and hybridization studies with two beta-lactamase-producing isolates of Enterococcus faecalis

1992 • 14 citations

Enterococci and antifolate antibiotics.

1986 • 10 citations

Structural and Functional Relationships between Aminoglycoside-Modifying Enzymes from Streptococci and Staphylococci

1980 • 10 citations