Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium, chromID VRE, for detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in stool samples and rectal swabs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2731-2733

  Delmas, Julien ^a,b,d   Robin, Frédéric ^a,b   Schweitzer, Cédric ^a,b   Lesens, Olivier ^c   Bonnet, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d Laboratoire de Bacteriologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FECES ANALYSIS; GRAM STAINING; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 34548076631     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00448-07     Document Type: Article

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