Virulence factors and mechanisms of paediatric pneumonia caused by Enterococcus faecalis.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study is applicable to human and animal research. Animal experiments and clinical specimens were approved by the Ethics Committee of Biotechnology Department of Dalian Medical University. The study was approved by the internal review committee of the Department of Biotechnology of Dalian Medical University. The application title is “Exploration of the Pathogenic Mechanism of Paediatric Pneumonia” (No. AEE22034). Competing interestsThe authors declare that this research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that this research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential competing interests."

"Funding This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant Numbers 31600614 and 82072953]. Top young talents of Liaoning Provincial Government [Grant No.XLYC1907009], Dalian outstanding young scientific and technological talents [Grant No. 2021RJ12]."