Enterococcus

The bacterium Clostridioides difficile tends to “cooperate” with microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract, such as the pathogen Enterococcus, which can help the bacterium thrive, according to a study published in Nature.

Liver transplant recipients with daptomycin-resistant Enterococcus bacteremia were more than twice as likely to die within a year compared with those who had vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus bacteremia, a study found.

Patients hospitalized with Enterococcus bacteremia experienced significantly lower 30-day mortality after receiving an infectious disease consultation compared with those who did not, according to findings published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.