Prevalence of the fsr locus in Enterococcus faecalis infections.
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SUBMITTER: Pillai SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC120556 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Jul
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Prevalence of the fsr locus in Enterococcus faecalis infections.
Pillai S K SK Sakoulas G G Gold H S HS Wennersten C C Eliopoulos G M GM Moellering R C RC Inouye R T RT
Journal of clinical microbiology 20020701 7
The fsr locus of Enterococcus faecalis confers virulence in animal models. A retrospective analysis of fsr prevalence in diverse E. faecalis clinical isolates demonstrated fsr in all endocarditis isolates versus 53% of stool isolates (P = 0.005). This supports a role for fsr-mediated virulence in the pathogenesis of enterococcal infections in humans. ...[more]
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