Evaluation of BBL CHROMagar VanRE for Detection of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Rectal Swab Specimens

A study was performed on 517 surveillance rectal swabs to evaluate a selective and differential chromogenic medium, the BBL CHROMagar VanRE (CVRE), which enables recovery and identification of VanA- and VanB-containing Enterococcus faecium (ENFM) and Enterococcus faecalis (ENFS) isolates. Compared t...

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Main Authors: Stamper, Paul D., Shulder, Stephanie, Bekalo, Pearl, Manandhar, Deepika, Ross, Tracy L., Speser, Sharon, Kingery, Julie, Carroll, Karen C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2010
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Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3020859/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20739492
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01522-10
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