Evaluation of Brilliance VRE agar for the detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in rectal swab specimens

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART4, 2013, Pages 661-662

  Ongut, Gozde ^a   Kilinckaya, Hafize ^a   Baysan, Betil Ozhak ^a   Ogunc, Dilara ^a   Colak, Dilek ^a   Inan, Dilara ^a   Kasaroglu, Kubra ^a   Gunseren, Filiz ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; PHOSPHATASE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AGAR; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84875145392     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.052845-0     Document Type: Letter

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