Allied Commensal Forces against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

Brayon J Fremin; Ami S Bhatt

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2017.04.015

Allied Commensal Forces against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

Cell Host Microbe. 2017 May 10;21(5):559-560. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.04.015.

Authors

Brayon J Fremin¹, Ami S Bhatt²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
² Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Medicine (Hematology), Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Caballero et al. (2017) define a precise, limited consortium of commensal bacteria that restores resistance to colonization by clinically vexing vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species.

MeSH terms

Bacteria / growth & development*
Colony Count, Microbial
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Microbial Consortia / physiology*
Symbiosis / physiology*
Vancomycin Resistance
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci / growth & development*

Abstract

MeSH terms

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