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What does enterococcus mean?

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  1. (bacteriology) Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract and have great resistance to antibiotics
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Hygiene was described by total aerobic bacterial count and number of coliform bacteria, Escherichia coli, Salmonella enteritidis, Enterococcus and Enterobacteriaceae.
The federal researchers tested for the enterococcus bacteria, which is an indication of fecal contamination.
Some 87 percent of the meat the researchers collected contained either normal or antibiotic-resistant enterococcus, suggesting that most of the meat came in contact with fecal material at some point.
Successful Treatment of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Ventriculitis in a Child.
Epidemiological, microbiological, clinical, and prognostic factors of bacteremia caused by high-level vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species.
Enterococcus density, as determined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency Method 1600, is used as an index of fecal pollution in marine waters.

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