Screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococci: An efficient and economical laboratory-developed test

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-265

  Fang, H ^a   Ohlsson, A K ^a   Jiang, G X ^b   Ullberg, M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANA PROTEIN; VANB PROTEIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; ECONOMICAL LABORATORY DEVELOPED TEST; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LACTOBACILLUS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84857040405     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1304-0     Document Type: Article

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