Multicenter clinical evaluation of VRESelect agar for identification of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium.
J Clin Microbiol
; 51(8): 2758-60, 2013 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-23761153
ABSTRACT
A chromogenic medium for identification of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium, VRESelect, was compared to bile esculin azide agar with 6 µg/ml vancomycin (BEAV) for the isolation of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) from stool specimens. At 24 to 28 h, VRESelect demonstrated 98.7% (confidence interval [CI], 96.1 to 99.7%) sensitivity and 99.0% (CI, 98.0 to 99.6%) specificity versus 85.1% (CI, 79.8 to 89.5%) and 90.1% (CI, 79.8 to 89.5%) sensitivity and specificity, respectively, for BEAV.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Técnicas Bacteriológicas
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Infecções por Bactérias Gram-Positivas
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Enterococcus faecium
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Enterococcus faecalis
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Resistência a Vancomicina
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Meios de Cultura
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Microbiol
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article