Enterococcus faecium

Enterococcus faecium

Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Enterococcus faecium"


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regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Firmicutes
classis = Bacilli
ordo = Lactobacillales
familia = Enterococcaceae
genus = "Enterococcus"
species = "E. faecium"
binomial = "Enterococcus faecium"
binomial_authority = (Orla-Jensen 1919)
Schleifer & Kilpper-Bälz 1984

"Enterococcus faecium" is a gram positive bacterium in the genus "Enterococcus".cite book | author = Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) | title = Sherris Medical Microbiology | edition = 4th ed. | pages = p. 294–5 | publisher = McGraw Hill | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-8385-8529-9 ] It can be a commensal (a non-harmful coexistence), in the human intestine, but it may also be a pathogen causing disease. Antibiotic resistant "E. faecium" is often referred to as "VRE" (vancomycin-resistant enterococcus).

Linezolid is used to treat Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus. The streptogramins, such as quinupristin/dalfopristin, may also be used for vancomycin-resistant "E. faecium", but not "E. faecalis".

It is used as a probiotic in animals. [http://www.vetscriptions.co.uk/PROTEXINBIO2.html]

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