Comparison of medium, temperature, and length of incubation for detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2503-2505

  Hua Nguyen, Trang D ^a   Evans, Kaye D ^a   Goh, Rosalinda A ^a   Tan, Grace L ^a   Peterson, Ellena M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYLGLUCOSIDE; ARABINOSE; ARYL ACYLAMIDASE; PYRROLIDONYL ARYLAMIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84862746888     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00479-12     Document Type: Article

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