Technical note: Comparison of seeplex VRE detection kit with ChromID VRE agar for detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in rectal swab specimens

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-166

  Lee, So Young ^a   Park, Kang Gyun ^a   Lee, Gun Dong ^a   Park, Jung Jun ^a   Park, Yeon Joon ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ChromID VRE agar; Seeplex VRE detection kit; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

AGAR; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RECTUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 77951721711     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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