Research Article

Wide Distribution of Virulence Genes among Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis Clinical Isolates

Table 2

Distribution of different virulence factors in E.  faecium and E.  faecalis.

Virulence genesE.  faecalis E.  faecium Total

pilB 50 (100%)29 (100%)79 (100%)
fms8 50 (100%)29 (100%)79 (100%)
efaAfm 50 (100%)29 (100%)79 (100%)
sgrA 50 (100%)29 (100%)79 (100%)
scm 44 (88%)29 (100%)73 (92.4%)
ecbA 35 (70%)29 (100%)64 (81%)
pilA 29 (58%)29 (100%)58 (73.4%)
hyl 4 (8%)24 (82.7%)28 (35.4%)