Evaluation of GeneOhm VanR and Xpert vanA/vanB molecular assays for the rapid detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-276

  Gazin, M ^a   Lammens, C ^a   Goossens, H ^a   Malhotra Kumar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84857061605     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1306-y     Document Type: Article

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