Comparison of PCR and culture for screening of vancomycin-resistant enterococci: Highly disparate results for vanA and vanB

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4136-4137

  Mak, Anton ^a   Miller, Mark A ^b   Chong, George ^b   Monczak, Yury ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 71549114529     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01547-09     Document Type: Article

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