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  2. Enterococcus - Wikipedia

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    Enterococcus is a large genus of lactic acid bacteria of the phylum Bacillota. Enterococci are Gram-positive cocci that often occur in pairs ( diplococci ) or short chains, and are difficult to distinguish from streptococci on physical characteristics alone. [ 2 ]

  3. Enterococcus faecium - Wikipedia

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    Enterococcus faecium has been a leading cause of multi-drug resistant enterococcal infections over Enterococcus faecalis in the United States. Approximately 40% of medical intensive care units reportedly found that the majority, respectively 80% and 90.4%, of device-associated infections (namely, infections due to central lines, urinary drainage catheters, and ventilators) were due to ...

  4. Enterococcus faecalis - Wikipedia

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    Enterococcus faecalis – formerly classified as part of the group D Streptococcus system – is a Gram-positive, commensal bacterium inhabiting the gastrointestinal tracts of humans. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Like other species in the genus Enterococcus , E. faecalis is found in healthy humans and can be used as a probiotic.

  5. Anaerobic infection - Wikipedia

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    These early findings may be followed by signs and symptoms of shock. [ citation needed ] Biliary tract infection is usually caused by E. coli, Klebsiella and Enterococcus spp. Anaerobes (mostly B. fragilis group, and rarely C. perfringens ) can be recovered in complicated infections associated with carcinoma, recurrent infection, obstruction ...

  6. Enterococcus casseliflavus - Wikipedia

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    Enterococcus casseliflavus is a species of commensal Gram-positive bacteria. Its name derived from the "flavus" the Latin word for yellow due to the bright yellow pigment that it produces. [ 2 ] This organism can be found in the gastrointestinal tract of humans [ 3 ]

  7. Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms of intestinal infection usually begin between 8 and 52 hours after you have been infected with E.coli, [2] this is the incubation period. The incubation period is the time between catching an infection and symptoms appearing. [12] Symptoms: abdominal cramping, pain or tenderness; watery or mucoidy diarrhea; nausea and vomiting, in some ...

  8. Enterococcaceae - Wikipedia

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    Representative genera include Enterococcus, Melissococcus, Pilibacter, Tetragenococcus, and Vagococcus. In this family are some important lactic acid bacteria which produce lactic acid as the major metabolic end product. [1]

  9. Dukes' disease - Wikipedia

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    Dukes' disease, named after Clement Dukes (1845–1925), [1] [2] also known as fourth disease, [3] Filatov-Dukes' disease (after Nil Filatov), [4] Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS), [5] or Ritter's disease [6] is an exanthem (rash-causing) illness primarily affecting children and historically described as a distinct bacterial infection, though its existence as a separate disease ...