Comparison of Five Chromogenic Media for Recovery of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci from Fecal Samples

Five chromogenic agars, evaluated using 400 stool specimens, were found to be superior in sensitivity (range, 89.9 to 93.9%) to bile esculin azide agar with vancomycin (BEAV) agar (84.8%) for detecting vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and the results were available 24 to 48 h sooner. The time...

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Publicado en:J Clin Microbiol
Autores principales: Suwantarat, Nuntra, Roberts, Ava, Prestridge, Jamie, Seeley, Renee, Speser, Sharon, Harmon, Christopher, Zhang, Chi, Henciak, Susan, Stamper, Paul D., Ross, Tracy, Carroll, Karen C.
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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Bacteriology
Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313247/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25143571
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00151-14
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