Comparison of five chromogenic media for recovery of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from fecal samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4039-4042

  Suwantarat, Nuntra ^a   Roberts, Ava ^b   Prestridge, Jamie ^b   Seeley, Renee ^b   Speser, Sharon ^b   Harmon, Christopher ^b   Zhang, Chi ^b   Henciak, Susan ^b   Stamper, Paul D ^a   Ross, Tracy ^b   Carroll, Karen C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOGENIC MEDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE APPROVAL; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FECES ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; CULTURE MEDIUM;

CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CULTURE MEDIA; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

EID: 84908349816     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00151-14     Document Type: Article

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