Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6115509 Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2016 16 Pages PDF
Abstract
The majority of enterococcal strains with resistance to vancomycin carry genes for all three potential virulence factors that were analyzed in this study. This might explain why enterococcal infections appear to be more virulent than in the past.
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Detection of virulence genes in resistant enterococci isolated from pediatric patients at high risk for nosocomial infections
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