A survey of fecal samples found enterococcal excretion in 82% of 388 bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus), 92% of 131 woodmice (Apodemus sylvaticus), and 75% of 165 badgers (Meles meles).

Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) are increasingly important pathogens in stem cell transplant (SCT). In all, 61 pediatric SCT patients had surveillance stool cultures for VRE between July 1999 ...

To the Editor: The report by Ostrowsky et al. (May 10 issue) 1 provides evidence that active infection-control interventions can reduce or eliminate the transmission of vancomycin-resistant ...

Outbreak of Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococcus Colonization Among Pediatric Oncology Patients Sheila M. Nolan , MD, Jeffrey S. Gerber , MD, PhD, Theoklis Zaoutis , MD, MSCE, Priya Prasad , MPH, Susan ...

Known as pre-methylenomycin C lactone, this antibiotic is derived from a model species that’s been studied for nearly 80 ...

We studied the effect of different subcutaneously administered β-lactam antibiotics on the establishment of gastrointestinal colonization by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium C68 in a mouse ...

Scientists have found a new antibiotic that could be over 100 times more effective in fighting ‘superbugs’ than existing ...

Chemists from the University of Warwick and Monash University have discovered a promising new antibiotic that shows activity ...

Dr. Rice is chief of the medical service at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center, vice chairman of the department of medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland, and ...

Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACXP) ("Acurx" or the "Company"), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of small molecule antibiotics for difficult-to-treat bacterial ...

Learn how chemists were studying a known antibiotic when they discovered a molecule 100 times more potent at defeating ...