Los puntos clave no están disponibles para este artículo en este momento.
The characteristics of Enterococcus faecium have led to concern regarding the safety of probiotics that contain this bacterium. The results of an in vitro filter mating assay indicate that a probiotic E. faecium strain might be a potential recipient of vancomycin resistance genes.
Lund et al. (Tue,) studied this question.