[HTML][HTML] The Many Faces of Enterococcus spp.—Commensal, Probiotic and Opportunistic Pathogen

B Krawczyk, P Wityk, M Gałęcka, M Michalik - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Enterococcus spp. are Gram-positive, facultative, anaerobic cocci, which are found in the
intestinal flora and, less frequently, in the vagina or mouth. Enterococcus faecalis and …

[HTML][HTML] Determination of resistance and virulence genes in Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium strains isolated from poultry and their genotypic characterization by …

A Nowakiewicz, G Ziółkowska, A Trościańczyk, P Zięba… - Poultry science, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine the antimicrobial resistance of E. faecalis and E.
faecium strains isolated from poultry and to carry out genotypic characterization thereof with …

Bats as a reservoir of resistant Escherichia coli: A methodical view. Can we fully estimate the scale of resistance in the reservoirs of free-living animals?

A Nowakiewicz, P Zięba, S Gnat, A Trościańczyk… - Research in Veterinary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bats are a poorly understood reservoir of pathogenic and multi-drug resistant
microorganisms; therefore, the aim of the study was to analyze the presence of drug …

A significant number of multi-drug resistant Enterococcus faecalis in wildlife animals; long-term consequences and new or known reservoirs of resistance?

A Nowakiewicz, P Zięba, S Gnat, A Trościańczyk… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
As the last link in the food chain in a complex ecosystem covering at least three different
environmental spheres, species of wildlife carnivorous mammals constitute a group …

Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from one hospital in Poland –commensals or hospital-adapted pathogens?

B Krawczyk, M Wysocka, R Kotłowski, M Bronk… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
One of the most pressing problems of enterococci infections is occurring resistance to
linezolid, which is an antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by vancomycin …

Coagulase-positive Staphylococcus isolated from wildlife: Identification, molecular characterization and evaluation of resistance profiles with focus on a methicillin …

A Nowakiewicz, G Ziółkowska, P Zięba, S Gnat… - … and Infectious Diseases, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of the study was molecular analysis of coagulase-positive isolates of
Staphylococcus bacteria obtained from wild animals and evaluation of their resistance to …

Analysis of the occurrence and molecular characteristics of drug-resistant strains of Enterococcus faecalis isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of insectivorous bat …

A Nowakiewicz, P Zięba, S Gnat, M Osińska… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bats are poorly understood as a reservoir of multidrug-resistant strains; therefore, the aim of
this study was to determine molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus …

Are dogs and cats a reservoir of resistant and virulent Enterococcus faecalis strains and a potential threat to public health?

A Trościańczyk, A Nowakiewicz, S Gnat… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims The aim of the study was to assess resistance and virulence of Enterococcus faecalis
isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of dogs and cats, analyse their genotypic variability …

Genoty** and PCR detection of potential virulence genes in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates from different sources in Poland

A Krutkiewicz, D Klimuszko - Folia microbiologica, 2010 - Springer
The prevalence of potential virulence markers was determined among the population of
Polish Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates from children, chickens, pigs …

Evaluation of a PCR melting profile technique for bacterial strain differentiation

B Krawczyk, A Samet, J Leibner… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - journals.asm.org
In search of an effective DNA ty** technique for hospital epidemiology use, the
performance and convenience of a PCR melting profile (PCR MP) technique based on using …