Presence of virulence factors in Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium susceptible and resistant to vancomycin

Despite the increasing importance of Enterococcus as opportunistic pathogens, their virulence factors are still poorly understood. This study determines the frequency of virulence factors in clinical and commensal Enterococcus isolates from inpatients in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Fifty Enterococcus isol...

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Main Authors: Comerlato, Carolina Baldisserotto, de Resende, Mariah Costa Carvalho, Caierão, Juliana, d'Azevedo, Pedro Alves
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970601/