New selective and differential chromogenic agar medium, chromID VRE, for screening vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-126

  Kuch, Alicja ^a   Stefaniuk, Elzbieta ^a   Ozorowski, Tomasz ^a   Hryniewicz, Waleria ^a  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chromogenic media; Enterococcus; VRE

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHROMID VRE AGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROTH DILUTION; CELL INCLUSION; CHROMOGENIC AGAR MEDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 62349110853     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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