Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 8

Resistance Mechanism of Enterococcus Faecalis-A Review

  • Author:
  • Geeth Deepika1, Venkatachalam Prakash2, Arunajatesan Subbiya3, Paramasivam Vivekanadhan2, Balasubramaniam Anuradha4, Arumugam Karthick5
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 1621 to 1623

1Senior Lecturer, Department of Conservative dentistry and Endodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

2Professor, Department of Conservative dentistry and Endodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

3Professor and Head of the Department Department of Conservative dentistry and Endodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

4Reader, Department of Conservative dentistry and Endodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

5Associate Professor, Department of Conservative dentistry and Endodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Online published on 26 September, 2019.

Abstract

Enterococci are normal commensals of humans that can survive extreme environmental challenge and it is partly shielded from the defense mechanisms of the body. The virulence factors of E. faecalis that may be related to endodontic infection and the periradicular inflammatory response and a large part of the tissue damage is probably mediated by the host response to the bacterium and its products

Keywords

Enterococcus faecalis, virulence factors, root canal infection