Comparison of performance of the novel chromogenic spectra VRE agar to that of bile esculin azide and Campylobacter agars for detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in fecal samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3947-3949

  Jenkins, S G ^a   Raskoshina, L ^a   Schuetz, A N ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ESCULIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZIDES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BILE; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCULIN; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

CAMPYLOBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 80355141541     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00180-11     Document Type: Article

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