ID Board Review/Bacterial Diseases/Gram-positive cocci (GPC)/Enterococcus spp
Appearance
- The enterococcus genus was previously designated as Group D Streptococci
Species Histology
[edit | edit source]Medically Significant Enterococci
[edit | edit source]- Enterococcus faecium
- Enterococcus faecalis
- E. casseliflavus and E. gallinarum are typically intrinsically vancomycin resistant