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01-05-2014 | Poster presentation
Distribution of cylA, esp, asa1, hyl and gelE virulence genes among clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium and Entrococcus faecalis
Authors:
Elango Padmasini, G Divya, M Karkuzhali, R Padmaraj, S Srivani Ramesh
Published in:
BMC Infectious Diseases
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Special Issue 3/2014
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Excerpt
Enterococci are opportunistic pathogens causing severe urinary tract infections, surgical wound infections, bacteremia and bacterial endocarditis. Aggregation substance (asa1), hemolysin/ cytolysin (cylA), gelatinase (gelE), enterococcal surface protein (esp), hyaluronidase (hyl) and biofilm formation are the major virulence determinants responsible for pathogenicity of enterococci. This study was undertaken to determine virulence factors among clinical Enterococcus species by phenotypic and molecular methods. …