Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence Factors, and Genotypes of <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> and <i>Enterococcus faecium</i> Clinical Isolates in Northern Japan: Identification of <i>optrA</i> in ST480 <i>E. faecalis</i>

• Main Authors: Meiji Soe Aung (Author), Noriko Urushibara (Author), Mitsuyo Kawaguchiya (Author), Nobuhide Ohashi (Author), Mina Hirose (Author), Kenji Kudo (Author), Naoyuki Tsukamoto (Author), Masahiko Ito (Author), Nobumichi Kobayashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> and <i>E. faecium</i> are the major pathogens causing community- and healthcare-associated infections, with an ability to acquire resistance to multiple antimicrobials. The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of virulence facto...