Intestinal microbiota containing Barnesiella species cures vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium colonization

Bacteria causing infections in hospitalized patients are increasingly antibiotic resistant. Classical infection control practices are only partially effective at preventing spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria within hospitals. Because the density of intestinal colonization by the highly antibiot...

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Published in:	Infection and immunity Vol. 81; no. 3; p. 965
Main Authors:	Ubeda, Carles, Bucci, Vanni, Caballero, Silvia, Djukovic, Ana, Toussaint, Nora C, Equinda, Michele, Lipuma, Lauren, Ling, Lilan, Gobourne, Asia, No, Daniel, Taur, Ying, Jenq, Robert R, van den Brink, Marcel R M, Xavier, Joao B, Pamer, Eric G
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.03.2013
Subjects:	Animals Bacteroidaceae - physiology DNA, Bacterial Enterococcus faecium - drug effects Female Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - therapy Intestines - microbiology Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL RNA, Bacterial - genetics RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics Vancomycin Resistance
ISSN:	1098-5522, 1098-5522
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