Affiliation:
1. Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Abstract
Enterococcus faecium
is a member of the gastrointestinal microbiota. Although its virulence is low in healthy, immunocompetent individuals,
E. faecium
has become the third leading cause of health care-associated infections in the United States.
Funder
HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Science Foundation
UAMS | Translational Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology