Emergence of CC17Enterococcus faecium: from commensal to hospital-adapted pathogen
Open Access
- 1 April 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 52 (3), 297-308
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-695x.2008.00383.x
Abstract
For many years, Enterococcus faecium was considered to be a commensal of the digestive tract, which only sporadically caused opportunistic infectionsKeywords
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