TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative study of selective chromogenic (chromID VRE) and bile esculin agars for isolation and identification of vanB-containing vancomycin-resistant enterococci from feces and rectal swabs
AU - Grabsch, Elizabeth A
AU - Ghaly-Derias, S
AU - Gao, Wei
AU - Howden, Benjamin Peter
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The new chromogenic agar chromID VRE (cIDVRE; bioMerieux) was compared with bile esculin agar (BD) containing 6 mg/liter vancomycin for the detection of colonization with vanB-containing vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). At 48 h of incubation, the results obtained with both media were comparable. However, cIDVRE detected significantly more VRE at 24 h (39.3 versus 21.3 , P = 0.003), and its use may facilitate the timely implementation of infection control procedures.
AB - The new chromogenic agar chromID VRE (cIDVRE; bioMerieux) was compared with bile esculin agar (BD) containing 6 mg/liter vancomycin for the detection of colonization with vanB-containing vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). At 48 h of incubation, the results obtained with both media were comparable. However, cIDVRE detected significantly more VRE at 24 h (39.3 versus 21.3 , P = 0.003), and its use may facilitate the timely implementation of infection control procedures.
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18832121
M3 - Article
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 46
SP - 4034
EP - 4036
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
IS - 12
ER -