Complete genome sequencing of Enterococcus faecalis strains suggests role of Ebp deletion in infective endocarditis relapse

Enterococci are the third most common cause of infective endocarditis (IE) worldwide and are characterized by a 5% rate of relapse, which is high relative to that of IE due to other bacterial species [[1]Pericás J.M. Zboromyrska Y. Cervera C. Castañeda X. Almela M. Garcia-de-la-Maria C. et al.Enterococcal endocarditis revisited.Future Microbiol. 2015; 10: 1215-1240Crossref PubMed Scopus (26) Google Scholar]. In this study, we aimed to identify...