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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Enterococcal infections"”.
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Insights Into Determinants That Contribute to Colonization, Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance In Enterococci
… increasingly common as causative agents of human infections, many of which are very difficult to treat due to multi-drug resistance. The work presented in the first part of this dissertation elucidates a mechanism for the regulation of pilus expression. I showed that ATT is the initiation codon of …
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ANTIMICROBIAL CHARACTERIZATION AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF NOVEL SYNTHETIC THIAZOLE COMPOUNDS AGAINST MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCI AND ENTEROCOCCI
… allies in combating an array of bacterial infections. However, each year nearly 23,000 people in the United States of America and 25,000 people in Europe die due to infections that are recalcitrant to currently available antimicrobials. The emergence of drug-resistant bacterial species, …
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Institutional and Patient Level Predictors of Multi-Drug Resistant Healthcare-Associated Infections
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) caused by multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) are an important patient safety concern resulting in a substantial financial and clinical burden. This dissertation aims to contribute to the evidence base on institutional and patient level factors that predict …