Talk:Enterococcus faecalis

message: I believe this thing is also used for fermentation, eg making yogurt. Maybe someone could mention that. Kappa 22:07, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fermentation

message: ThreeLac and FiveLac are two probiotic products, supposedly produced in Japan, which are distributed in the United States, at least, by Global Health Trax. The products contain enterococcus faecalis, as one of the three/five bacteria which are supposed to be health promoting agents. The product is specifically marketed as beneficial for candida albicans overgrowth.
If enterococcus faecalis is considered a pathogen which can cause serious infections, then why is the FDA allowing thousands of people to buy and consume it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.198.221.25 (talk) 03:24, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It all depends on perspective. It's a normal inhabitant of the human gut -- and, you're quite right, it's advertised as one of the main constituents of Threelac and Fivelac. The UK supplier's website counts E. faecalis as "good bacteria". Which is true, in a way. Andrew Dalby 16:57, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

text: Read the wiki entry on Enterococcus Faecalis, and it's link to Antibacterial Resistance. It can also create it's own cause of infection: endocarditis (heart), bladder, epididymal infections. unsigned  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.108.127.138 (talk) 06:22, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

text: Any bacteria can cause "serious infections" if they end up in places they're not supposed to - blood, bladder, CSF (i.e., sterile tissues).  You're covered inside and out right now with some very dangerous bugs that might kill you if they could get through about 1-3 mm of tissue. Enterococci are important because they are increasingly found to carry genes for vancomycin resistance (much more so for E. faecium than faecalis, however), and these genes can be spread from bacteria to bacteria.  Vancomycin is an important "last ditch" drug for many important infections (e.g., MRSA).  The OTC strains would not have these genes (unless someone really messed up).  In either case, you'd be unlikely to know the difference unless you somehow ended up with a serious gram + sepsis.Ixne (talk) 12:52, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  ThreeLac and FiveLac 

message: Equinox (talk) 16:44, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a "pseudocatalase reaction"? 

message: My question for the article Entercoccus faecalis: Is anything missing that could be added?
My notes:
For the article Entercoccus faecalis there could be more information added to the history section. Including:
Was there a specific person or persons who discovered this bacteria?
Since it was another species name, how long was this bacteria known as this?
Are there any other research experiments using this bacteria, completed or ongoing?
What has the bacteria been used for or how has it interacted with the world?
There is a research article that focused on the reclassification of the species and its new name that was mentioned.
There is a research article that focused on the unfolding of a protein in the species.BIO495NAC (talk) 03:33, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article question and notes 

message: I could add in more historical information on Entercoccus faecalis such as: who discovered it; since it was know by another name, how long has the species been know to exist. There could be information on whether or not this species is opportunistic or constantly tries to infect hosts. How the species grows or infects hosts could be added.
Possible sources I have found:
Huycke, M. M., Sahm, D. F., & Gilmore, M. S. (1998). Multiple-Drug Resistant Enterococci: The Nature of the Problem and an Agenda for the Future. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 4(2), 239-249. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0402.980211.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/4/2/98-0211_article
Poulsen, L., Bisgaard, M., Son, N., Trung, N., An, H., & Dalsgaard, A. (2012). Enterococcus faecalis Clones in Poultry and in Humans with Urinary Tract Infections, Vietnam. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(7), 1096-1100. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1807.111754.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/7/11-1754_article
Lebreton F, Willems RJL, Gilmore MS. Enterococcus Diversity, Origins in Nature, and Gut Colonization. 2014 Feb 2. In: Gilmore MS, Clewell DB, Ike Y, et al., editors. Enterococci: From Commensals to Leading Causes of Drug Resistant Infection [Internet]. Boston: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; 2014-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK190427/
Public health agency of Canada; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; PATHOGEN SAFETY DATA SHEET - INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCES
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/lab-bio/res/psds-ftss/enterococcus-eng.php
BIO495NAC (talk) 17:58, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article draft additions 

message: I could not find in the Sherris medical microbiology book where it says that "E. faecalis is found in healthy humans" as stated in the article. Help neededMedhekp (talk) 17:46, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  E. faecalis is found in healthy humans, really ? 

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