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CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue -, Pages 76-82Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2017.11.030
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- Australian National Health and Medical Research Council [1008549, 1105905]
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Enterococci are long-standing members of the human microbiome and they are also widely distributed in nature. However, with the surge of antibiotic-resistance in recent decades, two enterococcal species (Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium) have emerged to become significant nosocomial pathogens, acquiring extensive antibiotic resistance. In this review, we summarize what is known about the evolution of virulence in E. faecium, highlighting a specific clone of E. faecium called ST796 that has emerged recently and spread globally.
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