Enterococcus
"Enterococcus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A genus of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria consisting of organisms causing variable hemolysis that are normal flora of the intestinal tract. Previously thought to be a member of the genus STREPTOCOCCUS, it is now recognized as a separate genus.
| Descriptor ID |
D016983
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.353.750.250.250 B03.510.550.250.250
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Enterococcus" by people in Profiles.
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Weddle G, Jackson MA, Selvarangan R. Utility of a focused vancomycin-resistant enterococci screening protocol to identify colonization in hospitalized children. Am J Infect Control. 2012 Nov; 40(9):891-2.
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Sutherland SM, Alexander SR, Feneberg R, Schaefer F, Warady BA. Enterococcal peritonitis in children receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010 Dec; 25(12):4048-54.
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Fjell CD, Jenssen H, Hilpert K, Cheung WA, Pant? N, Hancock RE, Cherkasov A. Identification of novel antibacterial peptides by chemoinformatics and machine learning. J Med Chem. 2009 Apr 09; 52(7):2006-15.