Enterococcus Species in the Oral Cavity: Prevalence, Virulence Factors and Antimicrobial Susceptibility

• Edson Yukio Komiyama,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Biosciences and Diagnosis, Oral Biopathology Graduate Program, Institute of Science and Technology, Universidade Estadual Paulista/UNESP, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Laura Soares Souto Lepesqueur ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Soares Souto Lepesqueur, Cinthia Gomes Yassuda

  Affiliation Department of Oral Biosciences and Diagnosis, Oral Biopathology Graduate Program, Institute of Science and Technology, Universidade Estadual Paulista/UNESP, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Cinthia Gomes Yassuda ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Soares Souto Lepesqueur, Cinthia Gomes Yassuda

  Affiliation Department of Oral Biosciences and Diagnosis, Oral Biopathology Graduate Program, Institute of Science and Technology, Universidade Estadual Paulista/UNESP, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Lakshman P. Samaranayake,

  Affiliation UQ Oral Health Centre, School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Nipuna B. Parahitiyawa,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Bio-Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China

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• Ivan Balducci,

  Affiliation Department of Social Dentistry, Institute of Science and Technology, Universidade Estadual Paulista/UNESP, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Cristiane Yumi Koga-Ito

  * E-mail: cristiane@ict.unesp.br

  Affiliations Department of Oral Biosciences and Diagnosis, Oral Biopathology Graduate Program, Institute of Science and Technology, Universidade Estadual Paulista/UNESP, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Environmental Engineering, Institute of Science and Technology, Universidade Estadual Paulista/UNESP, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2416-2173

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