Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are both of medical and public health importance
associated with serious multidrug-resistant infections and persistent colonization …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) became in the last two decades a global threat to public
health systems in the world. Since the antibiotic era, with the discovery of the first antibiotics …

Abstract For a One-Health investigation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Enterococcus
spp., isolates from humans and beef cattle along with abattoirs, manured fields, natural …

Antimicrobials are valuable therapeutics whose efficacy is seriously compromised by the
emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance. The provision of antibiotics to food …

Enterococcus species are natural inhabitants of the intestinal tract in humans and animals,
and due to their ubiquity in human and animal feces and their persistence in the …

Serious infections caused by bacteria that have become resistant to commonly used
antibiotics have become a major global healthcare problem in the 21st century. They not …

The use of antibiotics in food animals selects for bacteria resistant to antibiotics used in
humans, and these might spread via the food to humans and cause human infection, hence …

Enterococci have recently emerged as nosocomial pathogens. Their ubiquitous nature
determines their frequent finding in foods as contaminants. In addition, the notable …

While lactic acid producing fermentation has been utilized to improve the storability,
palatability, and nutritive value of perishable foods for a very long time, only recently have …

Enterococci form part of the lactic acid bacteria (LAB) of importance in foods. They can spoil
processed meats but they are on the other hand important for ripening and aroma …