Comparison of PCR assay to culture for surveillance detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4805-4807

  Paule, Suzanne M ^a,d   Trick, William E ^c   Tenover, Fred C ^c   Lankford, Mary ^a   Cunningham, Susan ^a   Stosor, Valentina ^b   Cordell, Ralph L ^c   Peterson, Lance R ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141958211     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4805-4807.2003     Document Type: Article

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