Evaluation of a selective chromogenic medium for detecting vancomycin-resistant enterococci
ABSTRACT Rapid identification of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) can assist in choosing the appropriate treatment and preventing VRE spread. The performance of chromIDTM VRE agar was evaluated using 184 clinical isolates of Enterococcus spp. and reference strains. The test had a sensitivity o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822017000400782&lng=en&tlng=en |