A new chromogenic agar medium, chromID VRE, to screen for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 477-479

  Ledeboer, Nathan A ^a   Tibbetts, Robert J ^a   Dunne, William M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bioM rieux; Chromogenic agar; Enterococcus; VRE

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AGAR; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 36549075051     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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