How Enterococcus faecalis bacteria causes antibiotic resistant infection
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
A new study describes how bacteria adapted to the modern hospital environment and repeatedly cause antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections. This study examined one of the first sustained hospital outbreaks of a multidrug-resistant bacterium, Enterococcus faecalis, which occurred from the early through the mid-1980s, causing over 60 outbreak strains.