**12. Skin and skin structure infections (SSSE)**

Enterococci are part of polymicrobial infections which are found to be associated with SSSE [42]. Enterococci are frequently isolated from diabetic foot ulcers and 2–5% of patients undergoing inpatient surgery. In studies using animal models it has been seen that *E. faecalis* capsular polysaccharide in SSSI predominantly is related to the persistence of the organism. A gene cpsI encodes the carbohydrate for capsular polysaccharide.
