enterococcus

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treatment enterococcus

(VRE) so use linezolid (line around scene) or tigecycline (police line lined by tiger stripes)

2 species of enterococcus

E faecalis (california for the rest of the people) E faecium (protester with sign saying stop the feesssss) Faecalis is more common (california population vs protestor)

do u heart trees sign represents

U: urinary tract infections heart: endocarditis tree: infections of biliary tree (can do this since it's insoluble in bile)

growth conditions of enterococcus

able to grow in 6.5% NaCl (sign that says resist the 6.5%)

enterococcus resistance

enterococcus, specifically E calcium, is a nosocomial infection that is resistant to almost every antibiotic we have-even vanc -in these cases bacteria is referred to as VRE

is faecalis or faecium more serious

faecium-but less common (protestor is buff)

enterococcus was formerly a member of

group D strep

enterococcus colonizes

our intestinal tract entero-

protestor avoiding being hit by billy club represents

that it is bile resistant


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