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The Enterococcus: a Model of Adaptability to Its Environment by García-Solache, Mónica, Rice, Louis B

“…The genus comprises a ubiquitous group of Gram-positive bacteria that are of great relevance to human health for their role as major causative agents of health…”
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Federal Funding for the Study of Antimicrobial Resistance in Nosocomial Pathogens: No ESKAPE by Rice, Louis B.

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Duration of Antibiotic Therapy: Shorter Is Better by Spellberg, Brad, Rice, Louis B

“…Spellberg and Rice offer insights on the duration of antibiotic therapy. Society continues to face a crisis of antibiotic resistance, caused largely by the…”
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Progress and Challenges in Implementing the Research on ESKAPE Pathogens by Rice, Louis B.

“…The ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter…”
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Intrinsic and acquired resistance mechanisms in enterococcus by Hollenbeck, Brian L., Rice, Louis B.

“…Enterococci have the potential for resistance to virtually all clinically useful antibiotics. Their emergence as important nosocomial pathogens has coincided…”
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Mechanisms of Resistance and Clinical Relevance of Resistance to β-Lactams, Glycopeptides, and Fluoroquinolones by Rice, Louis B., MD

“…Abstract The widespread use of antibiotics has resulted in a growing problem of antimicrobial resistance in the community and hospital settings. Antimicrobial…”
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A Review of Combination Antimicrobial Therapy for Enterococcus faecalis Bloodstream Infections and Infective Endocarditis by Beganovic, Maya, Luther, Megan K, Rice, Louis B, Arias, Cesar A, Rybak, Michael J, LaPlante, Kerry L

“…This review highlights available treatment options and their limitations, and provides direction for future investigative efforts to aid in the treatment of…”
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Fosfomycin for Injection (ZTI-01) Versus Piperacillin-tazobactam for the Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infection Including Acute Pyelonephritis: ZEUS, A Phase 2/3 Randomized Trial by Kaye, Keith S, Rice, Louis B, Dane, Aaron L, Stus, Viktor, Sagan, Olexiy, Fedosiuk, Elena, Das, Anita F, Skarinsky, David, Eckburg, Paul B, Ellis-Grosse, Evelyn J

“…Abstract Background ZTI-01 (fosfomycin for injection) is an epoxide antibiotic with a differentiated mechanism of action (MOA) inhibiting an early step in…”
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Bad Bugs, No Drugs: No ESKAPE! An Update from the Infectious Diseases Society of America by Boucher, Helen W., Talbot, George H., Bradley, John S., Edwards, John E., Gilbert, David, Rice, Louis B., Scheld, Michael, Spellberg, Brad, Bartlett, John

“…The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) continues to view with concern the lean pipeline for novel therapeutics to treat drug-resistant infections,…”
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Enterococcal Physiology and Antimicrobial Resistance: The Streetlight Just Got a Little Brighter by Rice, Louis B

“…differs from many other common human pathogens in its physiology and in its susceptibility to antimicrobial agents. Multiresistant strains owe their phenotypes…”
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Challenges in Identifying New Antimicrobial Agents Effective for Treating Infections with Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Rice, Louis B

“…Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are gram-negative pathogens that target immunocompromised patients. They express a variety of determinants…”
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Antimicrobial resistance in gram-positive bacteria by Rice, Louis B

“…Gram-positive bacteria are common causes of bloodstream and other infections in hospitalized patients in the United States, and the percentage of nosocomial…”
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Antimicrobial resistance in gram-positive bacteria by Rice, Louis B.

“…Gram-positive bacteria are common causes of bloodstream and other infections in hospitalized patients in the United States, and the percentage of nosocomial…”
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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Colonization Among Dialysis Patients: A Meta-analysis of Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Significance by Zacharioudakis, Ioannis M., MD, Zervou, Fainareti N., MD, Ziakas, Panayiotis D., MD, PhD, Rice, Louis B., MD, Mylonakis, Eleftherios, MD, PhD

“…Background Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have become important nosocomial pathogens causing outbreaks worldwide. Patients undergoing dialysis…”
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Trends and significance of VRE colonization in the ICU: a meta-analysis of published studies by Ziakas, Panayiotis D, Thapa, Rachana, Rice, Louis B, Mylonakis, Eleftherios

“…The burden and significance of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) colonization in the ICU is not clearly understood. We searched PubMed and EMBASE up to…”
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Molecular basis of β-lactam antibiotic resistance of ESKAPE bacterium E. faecium Penicillin Binding Protein PBP5 by Hunashal, Yamanappa, Kumar, Ganesan Senthil, Choy, Meng S., D’Andréa, Éverton D., Da Silva Santiago, Andre, Schoenle, Marta V., Desbonnet, Charlene, Arthur, Michel, Rice, Louis B., Page, Rebecca, Peti, Wolfgang

“…Penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) are essential for the formation of the bacterial cell wall. They are also the targets of β-lactam antibiotics. In…”
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Factors essential for L,D-transpeptidase-mediated peptidoglycan cross-linking and β-lactam resistance in Escherichia coli by Hugonnet, Jean-Emmanuel, Mengin-Lecreulx, Dominique, Monton, Alejandro, den Blaauwen, Tanneke, Carbonnelle, Etienne, Veckerlé, Carole, Brun, Yves V, van Nieuwenhze, Michael, Bouchier, Christiane, Tu, Kuyek, Rice, Louis B, Arthur, Michel

“…The target of β-lactam antibiotics is the D,D-transpeptidase activity of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) for synthesis of 4→3 cross-links in the…”
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In Vitro Activity of Fosfomycin against blaKPC-Containing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates, Including Those Nonsusceptible to Tigecycline and/or Colistin by ENDIMIANI, Andrea, PATEL, Gopi, HUJER, Kristine M, SWAMINATHAN, Mahesh, PEREZ, Federico, RICE, Louis B, JACOBS, Michael R, BONOMO, Robert A

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High-Level Fosfomycin Resistance in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium by Guo, Yan, Tomich, Adam D, McElheny, Christi L, Cooper, Vaughn S, Tait-Kamradt, Amelia, Wang, Minggui, Hu, Fupin, Rice, Louis B, Sluis-Cremer, Nicolas, Doi, Yohei

“…Of 890 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates obtained by rectal screening from patients in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 4 had MICs >1,024 μg/mL…”
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Structural and Regulatory Changes in PBP4 Trigger Decreased β-Lactam Susceptibility in Enterococcus faecalis by Rice, Louis B, Desbonnet, Charlene, Tait-Kamradt, Amelia, Garcia-Solache, Monica, Lonks, John, Moon, Thomas M, D'Andréa, Éverton D, Page, Rebecca, Peti, Wolfgang

“…strains resistant to penicillin and ampicillin are rare and have been associated with increases in quantities of low-affinity penicillin-binding protein 4…”
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