Journal article
Porcine and Human Community Reservoirs of Enterococcus faecalis , Denmark
TO THE EDITOR: Enterococcus faecalis, which exists commensally in the gut in warm-blooded animals and humans, is an opportunistic pathogen that causes a variety of community-acquired and health care-associated infections, such as urinary tract and intraabdominal infections, bacteremia, and endocarditis (1).
Only a few studies have assessed the relationships between clinical E. faecalis strains; strains endemic to the health care setting; and community strains residing in humans, animals, or animal-origin food (2).
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Pages: | 2395-2397 |
| ISSN: | 10806059 and 10806040 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid1712.101584 |
| ORCIDs: | Jensen, Lars Bogø |
Animals Communicable Diseases, Emerging Denmark Disease Reservoirs Enterococcus faecalis Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Humans Infectious and parasitic diseases Keywords: Enterococcus faecalis Medicine Opportunistic Infections R RC109-216 Swine bacteria biofilms disease reservoirs drug resistance electrophoresis endocarditis gel multilocus sequence typing pulsed-field swine virulence factors
