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Resistance Virulence Factors Enterococcus Spp Limited Adhesins Cytolysins

Front What are the virulence factors for Enterococcus spp.?
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• limited: adhesins, cytolysins, proteases

• very susceptible to phagocytosis

• much antibiotic resistance
―the big problem
―hard to treat
―can transfer resistance to other bacteria ―vancomycin resistance transferred to S. aureus

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