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.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| 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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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bacteriological Techniques
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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
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Enterococcus faecium
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Enterococcus faecalis
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Vancomycin Resistance
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Culture Media
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Clin Microbiol
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos