Evaluation of the EVIGENE VRE detection kit for detection of vanA and vanB genes in vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-350

  Kilic, Abdullah ^a   Baysallar, Mehmet ^a   Bahar, Gul ^b   Kucukkaraaslan, Ayten ^a   Cilli, Feriha ^c   Doganci, Levent ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Neurosurgery Clinic   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERFORMANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 16844370329     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45789-0     Document Type: Article

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