Evaluation of spectra VRE, a new chromogenic agar medium designed to screen for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4627-4629

  Peterson, Jess F ^b   Doern, Christopher D ^d   Kallstrom, George ^d   Riebe, Katherine M ^a   Sander, Tara ^c   Dunne Jr , William Michael ^d   Ledeboer, Nathan A ^a,b  

^a DYNACARE LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRA VRE CULTURE MEDIUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

AGAR; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 78650066607     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01676-10     Document Type: Article

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