Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

Methods for dilution antimicrobial susceptibility tests for bacteria that grow aerobically

2000 • 16,578 citations

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

Detection of glycopeptide resistance genotypes and identification to the species level of clinically relevant enterococci by PCR

1995 • 1,363 citations

A SEROLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN AND OTHER GROUPS OF HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCI

1933 • 1,348 citations

Major trends in the microbial etiology of nosocomial infection

1991 • 1,131 citations

Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals

1996 • 1,103 citations

Antimicrobial-Drug Resistance

1996 • 1,087 citations

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

1992 • 827 citations

Recommendations for Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin Resistance

1995 • 756 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

Emergence of Enterococcus as a Significant Pathogen

1992 • 591 citations

Transfer of Streptococcus faecalis and Streptococcus faecium to the Genus Enterococcus nom. rev. as Enterococcus faecalis comb. nov. and Enterococcus faecium comb. nov.

1984 • 588 citations

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Bacteremia: Risk Factors for Infection

1995 • 520 citations

Outbreak of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium with transferable vanB class vancomycin resistance

1994 • 516 citations

Hospital-acquired Infection with Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium Transmitted by Electronic Thermometers

1992 • 515 citations

Enterococci Resistant to Multiple Antimicrobial Agents, Including Vancomycin: Establishment of Endemicity in a University Medical Center

1995 • 514 citations

Comparative Efficacy of Alternative Hand-Washing Agents in Reducing Nosocomial Infections in Intensive Care Units

1992 • 507 citations

Bacterial resistance to tetracycline: mechanisms, transfer, and clinical significance

1992 • 471 citations

Nosocomial Outbreak Due to Enterococcus faecium Highly Resistant to Vancomycin, Penicillin, and Gentamicin

1993 • 446 citations

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

1994 • 432 citations

Characterization of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci from U.S. hospitals

1993 • 395 citations

Mechanism of action of oxazolidinones: effects of linezolid and eperezolid on translation reactions

1997 • 375 citations

Emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in New York City

1993 • 354 citations

Outbreak of vancomycin-, ampicillin-, and aminoglycoside-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia in an adult oncology unit

1994 • 332 citations

A Comparison of the Effect of Universal Use of Gloves and Gowns with That of Glove Use Alone on Acquisition of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a Medical Intensive Care Unit

1996 • 332 citations

Epidemiology and Mortality Risk of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Bloodstream Infections

1995 • 322 citations

vanA-mediated high-level glycopeptide resistance inEnterococcus faeciumfrom animal husbandry

1995 • 322 citations

Manipulation of a Hospital Antimicrobial Formulary to Control an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

1996 • 317 citations

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Bacteremia: Natural History and Attributable Mortality

1996 • 308 citations

Recovery of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci on Fingertips and Environmental Surfaces

1995 • 300 citations

Current perspectives on glycopeptide resistance

1995 • 299 citations

Studies on antibiotic synergism against enterococci

1971 • 297 citations

Guideline for isolation precautions in hospitals

1984 • 285 citations

Occurrence of Glycopeptide Resistance amongEnterococcus faeciumIsolates from Conventional and Ecological Poultry Farms

1995 • 273 citations

Nosocomial Infection by Gentamicin-ResistantStreptococcus faecalis

1987 • 273 citations

Enterococcus faeciumStrains withvanA-Mediated High-Level Glycopeptide Resistance Isolated from Animal Foodstuffs and Fecal Samples of Humans in the Community

1995 • 267 citations

Species identities of enterococci isolated from clinical specimens

1990 • 265 citations

A Cluster of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in an Intensive Care Unit

1992 • 261 citations

Differences in Outcomes for Patients with Bacteremia Due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium or Vancomycin-Susceptible E. faecium

1996 • 259 citations

The oxazolidinone eperezolid binds to the 50S ribosomal subunit and competes with binding of chloramphenicol and lincomycin

1997 • 257 citations

Risk Factors Associated with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Infection or Colonization in 145 Matched Case Patients and Control Patients

1996 • 252 citations

Dimerization and membrane anchors in extracellular targeting of vancomycin group antibiotics

1995 • 248 citations

VanD-type glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium BM4339

1997 • 247 citations

Resistance to Glycopeptides in Enterococci

1997 • 245 citations

Influence of Oral Glycopeptides on the Fecal Flora of Human Volunteers: Selection of Highly Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci

1996 • 243 citations

VanE, a New Type of Acquired Glycopeptide Resistance in Enterococcus faecalis BM4405

1999 • 240 citations

Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of common and unusual species of enterococci causing infections in the United States. Enterococcal Study Group

1992 • 239 citations

Epidemiologic analysis and genotypic characterization of a nosocomial outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

1993 • 235 citations

The enterococcus: a classic example of the impact of antimicrobial resistance on therapeutic options

1991 • 232 citations

Regulation of VanB-type vancomycin resistance gene expression by the VanS(B)-VanR (B) two-component regulatory system in Enterococcus faecalis V583

1996 • 226 citations

Identification of vancomycin resistance protein VanA as a D-alanine:D-alanine ligase of altered substrate specificity

1991 • 223 citations

An Analysis of 110 Serious Enterococcal Infections Epidemiology, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and Outcome

1995 • 223 citations

Movable genetic elements and antibiotic resistance in enterococci

1990 • 214 citations

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci

1997 • 209 citations

Faecal carriage and nosocomial spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

1994 • 203 citations

The Epidemiology of Intravenous Vancomycin Usage in a University Hospital

1993 • 200 citations

Increasing resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics among clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium: a 22-year review at one institution

1991 • 198 citations

Resistance of enterococci to glycopeptides

1990 • 193 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

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonizing the intestinal tracts of hospitalized patients

1995 • 182 citations

Reductive Alkylation of Glycopeptide Antibiotics: Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity.

1996 • 181 citations

Stool Carriage, Clinical Isolation, and Mortality During an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Hospitalized Medical and/or Surgical Patients

1995 • 175 citations

Nosocomial Infections with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus fuecium in Liver Transplant Recipients: Risk Factors for Acquisition and Mortality

1996 • 173 citations

Quantitative analysis of the metabolism of soluble cytoplasmic peptidoglycan precursors of glycopeptide‐resistant enterococci

1996 • 173 citations

Modification of peptidoglycan precursors is a common feature of the low-level vancomycin-resistant VANB-type Enterococcus D366 and of the naturally glycopeptide-resistant species Lactobacillus casei, Pediococcus pentosaceus, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, and Enterococcus gallinarum

1994 • 172 citations

Presence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in farm and pet animals

1996 • 172 citations

Emergence of vancomycin resistance in the genus Streptococcus: characterization of a vanB transferable determinant in Streptococcus bovis

1997 • 172 citations

In Vivo Development of Teicoplanin Resistance in a VanB Enterococcus faecium Isolate

1993 • 171 citations

Enterococcal Bacteremia: Risk Factors for Vancomycin Resistance and Predictors of Mortality

1999 • 168 citations

In vitro activity of linezolid against vancomycin-resistant enterococci, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and penicillin-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae

1999 • 166 citations

Natural History of Colonization with Vancoimycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium

1995 • 163 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

Vancomycin-resistant Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Lactobacillus casei synthesize cytoplasmic peptidoglycan precursors that terminate in lactate

1994 • 160 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

Controlling Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

1995 • 140 citations

Ability of clinical laboratories to detect antimicrobial agent-resistant enterococci

1993 • 135 citations

Effect of protein binding of daptomycin on MIC and antibacterial activity

1991 • 134 citations

Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium During Its Emergence in a City in Southern Texas

1995 • 134 citations

Inhibition of peptidoglycan biosynthesis by ramoplanin

1990 • 134 citations

Identification of chromosomal mobile element conferring high-level vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium

1995 • 134 citations

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Intensive Care Units

1999 • 133 citations

Detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in fecal samples by PCR

1997 • 132 citations

Chloramphenicol for the Treatment of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Infections

1995 • 129 citations

Heterogeneity of the vanA gene cluster in clinical isolates of enterococci from the northeastern United States

1995 • 126 citations

In vitro pharmacodynamic effects of concentration, pH, and growth phase on serum bactericidal activities of daptomycin and vancomycin

1992 • 125 citations

Heterogeneity in the vanB Gene Cluster of Genomically Diverse Clinical Strains of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

1999 • 123 citations

The VanS sensor negatively controls VanR-mediated transcriptional activation of glycopeptide resistance genes of Tn1546 and related elements in the absence of induction

1997 • 123 citations

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

1994 • 123 citations

Enterococci Acquire New Kinds of Resistance

1997 • 123 citations

In vitro and in vivo antibacterial activities of the glycylcyclines, a new class of semisynthetic tetracyclines

1993 • 123 citations

The vanB gene of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis V583 is structurally related to genes encoding d-Ala:d-Ala ligases and glycopeptide-resistance proteins VanA and VanC

1993 • 120 citations

Effects of combinations of beta-lactams, daptomycin, gentamicin, and glycopeptides against glycopeptide-resistant enterococci

1991 • 118 citations

Analysis of peptidoglycan precursors in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus gallinarum BM4174

1994 • 116 citations

New quinolones and gram-positive bacteria

1994 • 115 citations

Overexpression, Purification, and Characterization of VanX, a D-, D-Dipeptidase which Is Essential for Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococcus faecium BM4147

1995 • 115 citations

Leakage of virus through used vinyl and latex examination gloves

1990 • 114 citations

In vitro activity of RP59500, an injectable streptogramin antibiotic, against vancomycin-resistant gram-positive organisms

1993 • 111 citations

VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS

1997 • 111 citations

Emergence of high-level resistance to glycopeptides in Enterococcus gallinarum and Enterococcus casseliflavus

1994 • 110 citations

In vitro activities in new oxazolidinone antimicrobial agents against enterococci

1996 • 109 citations

The challenge of vancomycin-resistant enterococci: A clinical and epidemiologic study

1995 • 108 citations

Continuous-infusion ampicillin therapy of enterococcal endocarditis in rats

1987 • 108 citations

Development of a standardized screening method for detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

1994 • 108 citations

Compilance with isolation technique

1983 • 107 citations

Recovery of vancomycin-resistant gram-positive cocci from pediatric liver transplant recipients

1991 • 106 citations

Integrity of Vinyl and Latex Procedure Gloves

1989 • 105 citations

Failure to Eradicate Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a University Hospital and the Cost of Barrier Precautions

1998 • 102 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

Specificity of induction of glycopeptide resistance genes in Enterococcus faecalis

1996 • 100 citations

Concomitant High-Level Vancomycin and Penicillin Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Enterococci

1992 • 100 citations

Skin Colonization with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Among Hospitalized Patients with Bacteremia

1997 • 99 citations

Emergence of Increased Resistance to Quinupristin/ Dalfopristin During Therapy for Enterococcus faecium Bacteremia

1997 • 99 citations

VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI

1997 • 99 citations

Defective killing of enterococci: a common property of antimicrobial agents acting on the cell wall

1980 • 97 citations

Clinical manifestations of enterococcal infection

1990 • 96 citations

Structural relationship between the vancomycin resistance protein VanH and 2-hydroxycarboxylic acid dehydrogenases

1991 • 96 citations

Colonization With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Comparison of a Long-Term–Care Unit With an Acute-Care Hospital

1997 • 96 citations

Third-Generation Cephalosporins and Vancomycin as Risk Factors for Postoperative Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Infection

1998 • 95 citations

Vancomycin resistance is encoded on a pheromone response plasmid in Enterococcus faecium 228

1990 • 92 citations

Effect of quinupristin/dalfopristin on the outcome of vancomycin- resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteraemia: comparison with a control cohort

1997 • 92 citations

Pharmacokinetics and bactericidal rates of daptomycin and vancomycin in intravenous drug abusers being treated for gram-positive endocarditis and bacteremia

1992 • 92 citations

Binding Studies of Vancomycin to the Cytoplasmic Peptidoglycan Precursors By Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis

1994 • 91 citations

Hygienic hand disinfection for the removal of epidemic vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and gentamicin-resistant Enterobacter cloacae

1991 • 90 citations

Comparative effect of protein binding on the killing activities of teicoplanin and vancomycin

1991 • 90 citations

Detection and Differentiation of vanC-1 , vanC-2 , and vanC-3 Glycopeptide Resistance Genes in Enterococci

1998 • 89 citations

Bloodstream Infections With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

1996 • 88 citations

Nosocomial enterococci: resistance to heat and sodium hypochlorite

1995 • 86 citations

Random amplified polymorphic DNA typing versus pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for epidemiological typing of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

1996 • 84 citations

Studies on the Mechanism of Intrinsic Resistance to -Lactam Antibiotics in Group D Streptococci

1983 • 82 citations

Activity of glycopeptides against vancomycin-resistant gram-positive bacteria

1989 • 80 citations

DNA Sequence Variation within vanA , vanB , vanC-1 , and vanC-2/3 Genes of Clinical Enterococcus Isolates

1998 • 79 citations

Enteric eradication of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium with oral bacitracin

1994 • 78 citations

Triple-Combination Penicillin-Vancomycin-Gentamicin for Experimental Endocarditis Caused by a Moderately Penicillin- and Highly GlycopeptideResistant Isolate of Enterococcus faecium

1991 • 75 citations

In vitro antibacterial activity of LY333328, a new semisynthetic glycopeptide

1997 • 74 citations

In vitro activity of LY333328, an investigational glycopeptide antibiotic, against enterococci and staphylococci

1996 • 71 citations

Comparison of rectal and perirectal swabs for detection of colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci

1996 • 68 citations

Sterilization, disinfection, and antisepsis in the hospital

1991 • 68 citations

AMINOGLYCOSIDE RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCAL ENDOCARDITIS

1993 • 67 citations

Novel antibiotic regimens against Enterococcus faecium resistant to ampicillin, vancomycin, and gentamicin

1993 • 67 citations

The emergence of Enterococcus faecium resistant to glycopeptides and other standard agents—a preliminary report

1995 • 66 citations

QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR DRUG PRESCRIBING

1990 • 66 citations

Mechanism of action and in vitro and in vivo activities of S-6123, a new oxazolidinone compound

1988 • 66 citations

Changing Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Practices Through Education Targeted at Senior Department Leaders

1990 • 65 citations

Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Long‐Term Care Facility

1998 • 65 citations

Comparative In Vitro and Bactericidal Activity of Oxazolidinone Antibiotics Against Multidrug-Resistant Enterococci

1998 • 65 citations

Verification of causal relationships between Listeria monocytogenes isolates implicated in food-borne outbreaks of listeriosis by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA patterns

1994 • 64 citations

Effective Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcal Experimental Endocarditis with Combinations of Cell Wall-Active Agents

1996 • 64 citations

Bacteremia Due to Vancomycin-Dependent Enterococcus faecium

1995 • 63 citations

Pharmacodynamic evaluation of a new glycopeptide, LY333328, and in vitro activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecium

1997 • 63 citations

Comparison of Inhibitory and Bactericidal Activities and Postantibiotic Effects of LY333328 and Ampicillin Used Singly and in Combination against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium

1998 • 62 citations

A Cluster of VanD Vancomycin‐ResistantEnterococcus faecium:Molecular Characterization and Clinical Epidemiology

1999 • 59 citations

Permeability of latex and vinyl gloves to water and blood

1989 • 59 citations

In vitro evaluation of a novel ketolide antimicrobial agent, RU-64004

1997 • 59 citations

Therapy of enterococcal infections

1990 • 58 citations

Screening and treatment of infections caused by resistant enterococci

1991 • 57 citations

Vancomycin-dependent Enterococcus faecium isolated from stool following oral vancomycin therapy

1995 • 57 citations

Inducible and constitutive expression of vanC-1-encoded resistance to vancomycin in Enterococcus gallinarum

1995 • 57 citations

Glycopeptide-ResistantEnterococcus faeciumOutside Hospitals: A Commentary

1995 • 56 citations

Comparison of Eight Methods To Detect Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococci

1998 • 55 citations

Use of Bacitracin Therapy for Infection Due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium

1995 • 55 citations

Inducible and constitutive expression of resistance to glycopeptides and vancomycin dependence in glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus avium

1995 • 52 citations

New vancomycin disk diffusion breakpoints for enterococci. The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Working Group on Enterococci

1992 • 51 citations

Vancomycin-Streptomycin Synergism in Enterococcal Endocarditis

1973 • 51 citations

Multiplicity of Genetic Backgrounds among VancomycinResistantEnterococcus faeciumIsolates Recovered from an Outbreak in a New York City Hospital

1996 • 51 citations

In vitro activities of two glycylcyclines against gram-positive bacteria

1994 • 50 citations

Absence of synergistic activity between ampicillin and vancomycin against highly vancomycin-resistant enterococci

1992 • 49 citations

Glycylcyclines: a new generation of tetracyclines

1995 • 49 citations

Brief Case Report: Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Shunt Infection in an Infant: An Antibiotic Cure

1995 • 49 citations

Induction signals for vancomycin resistance encoded by the vanA gene cluster in Enterococcus faecium

1996 • 48 citations

Antibiotic treatment of experimental endocarditis due to vancomycin- and ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

1993 • 48 citations

Improving Choice of Prescribed Antibiotics Through Concurrent Reminders in an Educational Order Form

1993 • 48 citations

In vitro and in vivo activity of ciprofloxacin against enterococci isolated from patients with infective endocarditis

1987 • 48 citations

In-vitro activity of vancomycin, teicoplanin, daptomycin, ramoplanin, MDL 62873 and other agents against staphylococi, enterococci and Clostridium difficile

1990 • 48 citations

Induction of vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium by inhibition of transglycosylation

1990 • 47 citations

Bactericidal activity of ramoplanin against antibiotic-resistant enterococci

1992 • 45 citations

Bactericidal activities of peptide antibiotics against multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium

1994 • 45 citations

In vitro activity of RP 59500 (quinupristin/dalfopristin) against antibiotic-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Enterococci

1995 • 45 citations

Superinfection with Enterococcus faecalis During Quinupristin/Dalfopristin Therapy

1997 • 44 citations

Inconsistent bactericidal activity of triple-combination therapy with vancomycin, ampicillin, and gentamicin against vancomycin-resistant, highly ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

1992 • 42 citations

Pharmacodynamics of RP 59500 alone and in combination with vancomycin against Staphylococcus aureus in an in vitro-infected fibrin clot model

1995 • 42 citations

Comparison Of Different -Lactam-Glycopeptide-Gentamicin Combinations For An Experimental Endocarditis Caused By A Highly -Lactam-Resistant And Highly Glycopeptide-Resistant Isolate Of Enterococcus faecium

1995 • 42 citations

Hygienic hand disinfection: a comparative study with chlorhexidine detergents and soap

1990 • 41 citations

In vitro activity of ramoplanin against vancomycin-resistant gram-positive organisms

1993 • 41 citations

Successful Treatment of Persistent Bacteremia due to Vancomycin-Resistant, Ampicillin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium

1995 • 41 citations

In vitro activities of quinolones against enterococci resistant to penicillin-aminoglycoside synergy

1989 • 41 citations

Alcohol-impregnated wipes as an alternative in hand hygiene

1990 • 40 citations

Bactericidal activity of vancomycin, daptomydn, ampicillin and aminoglycosides against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

1990 • 40 citations

Perforations in surgeons' gloves

1988 • 39 citations

In vitro activities of ramoplanin and four glycopeptide antibiotics against clinical isolates of Clostridium difficile

1991 • 39 citations

Colonization pattern of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

1994 • 38 citations

Replacement of the essential penicillin-binding protein 5 by high-molecular mass PBPs may explain vancomycin-β-lactam synergy in low-level vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium D366

1992 • 36 citations

Vancomycin. A new old agent.

1989 • 36 citations

In vitro activity of fosfomycin against 'problem' gram-positive cocci.

1992 • 35 citations

In-use comparison of latex gloves in two high-risk units: surgical intensive care and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

1992 • 35 citations

Bactericidal activities of antibiotics against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium blood isolates and synergistic activities of combinations

1994 • 35 citations

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Long-Term-Care Facilities

1998 • 34 citations

Vancomycin and teicoplanin

1988 • 32 citations

Emergence of Streptococcus faecalis isolates with high-level resistance to multiple aminocyclitol aminoglycosides

1984 • 29 citations

In vitro activity of novobiocin against multiresistant strains of Enterococcus faecium

1993 • 27 citations

In vitro activity of 43 antimicrobial agents tested against ampicillin-resistant enterococci and Gram-positive species resistant to vancomycin

1991 • 26 citations

Aortic endocarditis caused by gentamicin-resistantEnterococcus faecalis

1988 • 26 citations

Effect of human serum on the bactericidal activity of daptomycin and vancomycin against staphylococcal and enterococcal isolates as determined by time-kill kinetic studies

1990 • 25 citations

Suboptimal Effect of Daptomycin in the Treatment of Bacteremias

1989 • 25 citations

CDC guideline for isolation precautions in hospitals : AND: CDC guideline for infection control in hospital personnel

1983 • 25 citations

Comparative in vitro activities of teicoplanin, daptomycin, ramoplanin, vancomycin, and PD127,391 against blood isolates of gram-positive cocci

1992 • 25 citations

Antibiotic resistance in Enterococcus species: an update.

1996 • 22 citations

Emerging multiply resistant enterococci among clinical isolates II. Validation of the Etest to recognize glycopeptide-resistant strains

1995 • 22 citations

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Long-Term-Care Facilities

1998 • 22 citations

The use of alcoholic paper wipes for routine hand cleansing: results of trials in two hospitals

1986 • 21 citations

Therapeutic Potential of Rifampin in Enterococcal Infections

1983 • 20 citations

Activity of clinafloxacin against multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium

1994 • 20 citations

Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci

1995 • 20 citations

Household Transmission of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium

1995 • 20 citations

In-vitro activity of two glycylcyclines against enterococci resistant to other agents

1995 • 20 citations

Towards the ideal glycopeptide

1993 • 20 citations

Treatment of experimental endocarditis due to multidrug resistant Enterococcus faecium with ciprofloxacin and novobiocin

1994 • 19 citations

Nosocomial infection due to Enterococci attributed to a fluidized microsphere bed. The value of pyrolysis mass spectrometry

1994 • 18 citations

Treatment of experimental endocarditis due to multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium with clinafloxzcin and penicillin

1996 • 16 citations

In vitro activity of decaplanin (M86-1410), a new glycopeptide antibiotic

1992 • 16 citations

Characterization of penicillin-resistantStreptococcus faeciummutants

1984 • 15 citations

Bactericidal activity of daptomycin against vancomycin-resistantEnterococcus faecium in an in vitro pharmacokinetic model

1991 • 15 citations

The bactericidal activity of ampicillin, daptomycin, and vancomycin against ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

1991 • 12 citations

In vitro activity of the new glycopeptide decaplanin

1992 • 11 citations

Third-Generation Cephalosporins and Vancomycin as Risk Factors for Postoperative Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Infection

1999 • 10 citations

In vitro activity of LY264826 compared to other glycopeptides and daptomycin

1991 • 6 citations

Comparative in vitro activity of the new glycopeptide SK&F 104662 against problematic gram-positive bacteria

1991 • 5 citations

Antibiotic resistance among enterococci: current problems and management strategies.

1991 • 5 citations

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1955 • 0 citations