Genogrouping and incidence of virulence factors of Enterococcus faecalis in liver transplant patients differ from blood culture and fecal isolates
Abstract
Enterococcus faecalis is a leading cause of infections in liver transplant patients. This study reviewed the incidence of virulence factors such as hemolysin, gelatinase, aggregation substances (asa1 and asa373), or the enterococcal surface protein (Esp) in isolates from liver transplant patients. In total, 133 isolates from liver transplant patients were compared with 47 isolates from feces of healthy volunteers and 66 isolates from blood cultures. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis indicates that the isolates from different clinical subgroups can be divided into genogroups with an AFLP similarity of >80% and different virulence factors. Hemolysin and asa1 might be associated with infection, as they are more frequent in isolates from blood cultures and transplant patients. Esp might be associated with colonization and spread, because it is more frequent in isolates from feces of healthy volunteers and transplant patients. An epidemic esp gene-positive strain among liver transplant patients supports this hypothesis.
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