Rapid detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in rectal samples from patients admitted to intensive care units

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 289-293

  D'Azevedo, Pedro Alves ^a,b   Santiago, Kelly Aline De Souza ^a   Furtado, Guilherme Henrique Campos ^a   Xavier, Diego Batista ^c   Pignatari, Antonio Carlos Campos ^a   Titze de Almeida, Ricardo ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Enterococcus; PCR; Vancomycin; VRE

Indexed keywords

TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BRAZIL; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 77949833425     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702009000400010     Document Type: Article

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