| virulence of enterococcus isolates collected in lower silesia (poland). | 148 enterococcal strains: e.faecalis (108), e.faecium (35), e.gallinarum (3), e.casseliflavus (1) and e.durans (1) from various clinical specimens were investigated for their ability to adhere to caco-2 and hep-2 cell lines, and also for the presence of the esp gene, biofilm formation, production of haemolysins, dnase and lipase. several types of enterococcal adhesion to both cell lines were noted. an aggregative adherence was the most frequent among e.faecalis and e.faecium isolates. other spec ... | 2005 | 16126561 |
| enterococcus--virulence and susceptibility to photodynamic therapy of clinical isolates from lower silesia, poland. | a collection of 400 enterococcal isolates from clinical samples of hospitalized patients were studied for their virulence traits according to the isolation site. formation of biofilm and production of dnase, hemolysin, lipase, and gelatinase were characterized. biofilms of selected strains were examined for their susceptibility to antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (apdt). | 2014 | 25290581 |