Metabolic cross-talk promotes persistence of Enterococcus in a model of polymicrobial catheter-associated urinary tract infection
Zongsen Zou, Jerome S. Pinkner, Chloe L. P. Obernuefemann, Kent R. Kleinschmidt, Denise A. Sanick, Suzanne M. Hickerson, Karen Dodson, Jeffrey P. Henderson, Scott J. Hultgren, Michael G. Caparon
This study identifies metabolic cross-talk between Enterococcus faecalis and Klebsiella pneumoniae that promotes their persistence in catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
Science Advances · Jun 19, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology