Enterococcus faecium generally is considered to be a species with little virulence, at least in some measure, because it was found to be responsible for only 10% of enterococcal infections in human.

屎肠球菌毒力较弱,过去十多年内,屎肠球菌所的感染有所上升,由原来的到10%,上升到30%～40%。