Faster and economical screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococci by sequential use of chromogenic agar and real-time polymerase chain reaction

Background/Purpose: Screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) by culture takes days to generate results, while polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing directly from clinical specimens lacks specificity. The aims of this study were to develop a real-time PCR to detect and identify Enteroco...

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Published in:	Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Main Authors:	Thean Yen Tan, Boran Jiang, Lily Siew Yong Ng
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2017-08-01
Subjects:	chromogenic agar Enterococcus faecalis Enterococcus faecium vancomycin resistance vanA vanB
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118215008257