Evaluation of a selective chromogenic medium for detecting vancomycin-resistant enterococci

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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Main Authors: Renata Oliveira Soares, Adriana Medianeira Rossato, Gustavo Enck Sambrano, Neidimar Cezar Corrêa Tolfo, Juliana Caierão, Thiago Galvão da Silva Paim, Pedro Alves d’Azevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822017000400782&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary: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 of 95.52% but a low specificity of 30%.
ISSN:1678-4405

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