Pick Your Pathogen Micro 242.docx Mic242 Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE): What to Know Chamberlain University – College of Nursing Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE): What to Know Vancomycin-resistant
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Pick Your Pathogen Micro 242.docx Mic242 Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE): What to Know Chamberlain University – College of Nursing Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE): What to Know Vancomycin-resistant enterococci better known as VRE, are a group of bacteria labeled as enterococci that are normally found in the intestines and the female genital tract. It can however also be discovered in vegetation and surface water. Enterococci typically helps in digestion and other gut metabolic pathways. They are gram-positive cocci that typically occur as diplococci and constantly adapts. Enterococci are becoming resistant to many and in some cases all standard therapies. VRE is when the enterococci are specifically resistant to an antibiotic called vancomycin, which is typically used to treat aerobic gram-positive bacteria. What is VRE and What Can it Do? Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus comes from a type of bacteria called enterococcus/enterococci, more specifically enterococcus faecium. This type of bacteria has developed resistance to many antibiotics, especially vancomycin. In general, enterococci are not very harmful and live in our intestines and on our skin without causing any problems. However, when an infection such as VRE infects the urinary tract, surgical wounds, or even the blood stream it can be extremely difficult to treat and occasionally may be life threatening. Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus can cause many types of infections such as sepsis, pneumonia, endocarditis, and meningit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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