Evaluation of PCR-based screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococci compared with a chromogenic agar-based culture method

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 945-949

  Seo, Ja Young ^a   Kim, Pyung Whan ^a   Lee, Jang Ho ^a   Song, Jae Hoon ^a   Peck, Kyong Ran ^a   Chung, Doo Ryeon ^a   Kang, Cheol In ^a   Ki, Chang Seok ^a   Lee, Nam Yong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOGENIC AGAR BASED CULTURE METHOD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; INOCULATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTAL SWAB; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 79959516521     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.029777-0     Document Type: Article

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