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SUBMITTER: Wagner TM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6304867 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wagner Theresa M TM Janice Jessin J Paganelli Fernanda L FL Willems Rob J RJ Askarian Fatemeh F Pedersen Torunn T Top Janetta J de Haas Carla C van Strijp Jos A JA Johannessen Mona M Hegstad Kristin K
International journal of microbiology 20181203
<i>Enterococcus faecium</i> has undergone a transition to a multidrug-resistant nosocomial pathogen. The population structure of <i>E. faecium</i> is characterized by a sharp distinction of clades, where the hospital-adapted lineage is primarily responsible for bacteremia. So far, factors that were identified in hospital-adapted strains and that promoted pathogenesis of nosocomial <i>E. faecium</i> mainly play a role in adherence and biofilm production, while less is known about factors contribu ...[more]