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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolated from fish, vegetables, and humans.
Scientific reports - 18 Sept 2024
Mubarak Asmaa Gaber, El-Zamkan Mona Ahmed, Younis Waleed, Saleh Sahar Osman, Abd-Elhafeez Hanan H, Yoseef Asmaa Gahlan
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Enterococci, common hospital-acquired infections in immunocompromised patients, have garnered attention in clinical microbiology. To determine the clinical relevance of enterococci as food-borne pathogens, 116 fish, 90 vegetables, and 120 human diarrheal samples were tested for E. faecalis and E. faecium pathogenicity. Conventionally, 69 of 326 (21.17%) samples were positive for Enterococcus species, 52 (15.95%)...
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