Salad Vegetables as a Reservoir of Antimicrobial-Resistant Enterococcus: Exploring Diversity, Resistome, Virulence, and Plasmid Dynamics

This study investigates the occurrence, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) profiles, virulence factors, and plasmid composition of Enterococcus species isolated from salad ingredients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Four hundred salad vegetable items collected from local markets, over ten months through 2023, were screened, yielding an Enterococcus d

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