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Genogrouping and incidence of virulence factors of Enterococcus faecalis in liver transplant patients differ from blood culture and fecal isolates.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Apr 2002
Waar Karola, Muscholl-Silberhorn Albrecht B, Willems Rob J L, Slooff Maarten J H, Harmsen Hermie J M, Degener John E
Abstract excerpt
Enterococcus faecalis is a leading cause of infections in liver transplant patients. This study reviewed the incidence of virulence factors such as hemolysin, gelatinase, aggregation substances (asa1 and asa373), or the enterococcal surface protein (Esp) in isolates from liver transplant patients. In total, 133 isolates from liver transplant patients were compared with 47 isolates from feces of healthy volunteers...
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