Evaluation of a New Chromogenic Medium, ChromID VRE, for Detection of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Stool Samples and Rectal Swabs

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2007 Jun 8

PMID 17553971

Citations 12

Authors

Julien Delmas

Frederic Robin

Cedric Schweitzer

Olivier Lesens

Richard Bonnet

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Abstract

We compared ChromID VRE medium with Enterococcosel containing vancomycin for the detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in 1,007 specimens. ChromID VRE in combination with Gram straining provided a higher specificity than Enterococcosel, irrespective of the incubation time and enrichment.

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