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Genotypic characterization of hospital Enterococcus faecalis strains using multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis.
Letters in applied microbiology - 1 Jul 2009
Wałecka E, Bania J, Dworniczek E, Ugorski M
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AIMS: The level of genetic diversity and relationships between the specific genotypes and the distribution of virulence determinants among Enterococcus faecalis strains isolated from patients hospitalized in different wards of two hospitals were investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS: Fifty-six clinical strains of E. faecalis, isolated from patients hospitalized in the period of 1999-2004 in several wards in Wrocław...
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