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Enterococcus

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vancomycinnoun(pharmacology) A glycopeptide antibiotic C₆₆H₇₅Cl₂N₉O₂₄ produced by the actinomycete Amycolaptosis orientalis, used in the form of its hydrochloride C₆₆H₇₅Cl₂N₉O₂₄·HCl against Gram-positive bacteria, especially staphylococci resistant to meticillin and enterococci.
sppnoun(British) Initialism of statutory paternity pay - payments made by an employer to a father who is absent from work after the birth of a child.
enterobacteriumnoun(microbiology) Any of very many gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, many of which are pathogenic.
enterobacternounAny bacterium of the genus Enterobacter.
enterococcemianounThe presence of (measurable amounts of) enterococci in the blood.
enterobacteriosisnouninfection by an enterobacterium
enterococcosisnoun(biology, medicine, uncountable) Disease caused by enterococci, such as avian enterococcosis in poultry or enterococcal infection in people with immunodeficiency.
enterococcaemianounAlternative form of enterococcemia. [The presence of (measurable amounts of) enterococci in the blood.]
enterovirusnounAny of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract
enterophagenounA phage that infects the bacterium Enterococcus faecalis in the human intestines
enteropathogennounAny organism that causes disease of the intestinal tract
enterobacteriophagenounA bacteriophage that infects an enterobacterium
coliphagenounAny of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli
superbugnoun(informal) A strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics (e.g., MDR, XDR).
thermococcalnounAny microbe of the order Thermococcales
streptococcemianounThe presence of streptococcus in the blood; bloodstream infection with streptococci.
enteroblastnoun(cytology) A form of midgut cell, associated with stem cells, that develops into an enterocyte
mrgnnoun(microbiology, medicine) Initialism of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterium, any of a group of bacteria responsible for serious infections.
uropathogennounAny pathogen of the urinary tract
campylobacteriumnounAny of several gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Campylobacter, that cause food poisoning

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