Tag: Vancomycin resistant enterococci

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) is a serious antibiotic-resistant pathogen, making it difficult to find effective therapies. Therefore, knowing how to get rid of VRE infection requires a multipronged approach that goes beyond standard antibiotics and includes targeted therapy and strict infection control.

As opportunistic pathogens, enterococci are known for their high intrinsic resistance to many antimicrobials, including cephalosporins and bacitracin. Therefore, despite bacitracin's effectiveness against other gram-positive bacteria, *Enterococcus* species are not sensitive to bacitracin and cannot be treated with this antibiotic.