Improved detection of vanB2-containing Enterococcus faecium with vancomycin susceptibility by etest using oxgall supplementation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1961-1964

  Grabsch, E A ^a   Chua, K ^a   Xie, S ^a   Byrne, J ^a   Ballard, S A ^a   Ward, P B ^a   Grayson, M L ^a,b,c  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ESCULIN; LIGASE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; INCUBATION TIME; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BILE; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 45149084500     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01778-07     Document Type: Article

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