Comparison of the BD GeneOhm VanR assay to culture for identification of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in rectal and stool specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3360-3365

  Stamper, Paul D ^a,b   Cai, Mian ^a   Lema, Clara ^c   Eskey, Kim ^c   Carroll, Karen C ^a,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 35348860859     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01458-07     Document Type: Article

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