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A virulence marker for Enterococcus faecium
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Correspondence: Tudor Toma ttoma@mail.dntis.ro
Genome Biology 2001, 2:spotlight-20010316-01 doi:10.1186/gb-spotlight-20010316-01
Published: 16 March 2001A variant of the esp virulence gene could provide a way to prevent the spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium - a common cause of US hospital infections - in Europe.