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Genetic and phenotypic differences among Enterococcus faecalis clones from intestinal colonisation and invasive disease.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Dec 2006
Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Cantón R, Pintado V, Coque T M, Willems R, Baquero F, del Campo R
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This study investigated the differences among Enterococcus faecalis isolates from the intestinal compartment of healthy volunteers (n = 36), intensive care unit (ICU) patients (n = 29) and blood isolates (n = 31) from the same institution, in comparison with seven epidemic clones from other institutions. In general, isolates from colonised ICU patients and from bacteraemic patients showed higher rates of...
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