Incidence of virulence determinants in clinical Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolates collected in Bulgaria

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 127-133

  Strateva, Tanya ^a   Atanasova, Daniela ^a   Savov, Encho ^b   Petrova, Guergana ^c   Mitov, Ivan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Enterococcus faecium; Prevalence; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; COLLAGEN BINDING PROTEIN; GELATINASE; HYALURONIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACE GENE; ACM GENE; AGG GENE; ARTICLE; ASA1 GENE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BULGARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYLA GENE; EEP GENE; EFAA GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESP GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYL GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VIRULENCE;

BULGARIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84957916473     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2015.11.011     Document Type: Article

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