Differences in biofilm formation and virulence factors between clinical and fecal enterococcal isolates of human and animal origin

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 336-343

  Tsikrikonis, Giorgos ^a   Maniatis, Antonios N ^a   Labrou, Maria ^a   Ntokou, Eleni ^a   Michail, Giorgos ^a   Daponte, Alexandros ^a   Stathopoulos, Constantinos ^b   Tsakris, Athanassios ^c   Pournaras, Spyros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Esp gene; Fsrb gene; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE; HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FSRB GENE; GENETIC CORRELATION; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARRIER STATE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; GELATINASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 84860324536     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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