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Distribution of antimicrobial resistance determinants, virulence-associated factors and clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats loci in isolates of Enterococcus faecalis from various settings and genetic lineages.
Pathogens and disease - 1 Mar 2017
Gawryszewska Iwona, Malinowska Katarzyna, Kuch Alicja, Chrobak-Chmiel Dorota, Trokenheim Lucja Laniewska-, Hryniewicz Waleria, Sadowy Ewa
Abstract excerpt
Enterococcus faecalis represents an important factor of hospital-associated infections (HAIs). The knowledge on its evolution from a commensal to an opportunistic pathogen is still limited; thus, we performed a study to characterise distribution of factors that may contribute to this adaptation. Using a collection obtained from various settings (hospitalised patients, community carriers, animals, fresh food,...
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