VCA agar (bioMérieux) for selective isolation of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) from fecal specimens;Utilisation de la gélose VCA3 (bioMérieux) pour l'isolement sélectif des Enterococci résistants à la vancomycine à partir de prélèvements fécaux

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 53, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 485-489

  Delmas, J ^a   Robin, F ^a   Romaszko, J P ^a   Baraduc, R ^a   Lesens, O ^b   Sirot, J ^a   Bonnet, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Fecal; Isolation; Media; Resistant; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

AGAR; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FECES; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SCREENING TEST; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 27444442113     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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