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

Rapid identification of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) can assist in choosing the appropriate treatment and preventing VRE spread. The performance of chromID™ VRE agar was evaluated using 184 clinical isolates of Enterococcus spp. and reference strains. The test had a sensitivity of 95.52% b...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Brazilian journal of microbiology 2017-10, Vol.48 (4), p.782-784
Hauptverfasser:	Soares, Renata Oliveira, Rossato, Adriana Medianeira, Sambrano, Gustavo Enck, Tolfo, Neidimar Cezar Corrêa, Caierão, Juliana, Paim, Thiago Galvão da Silva, d’Azevedo, Pedro Alves
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	agar Antibiotic resistance Antibiotics Bacteriological Techniques - instrumentation Bacteriological Techniques - methods Clinical isolates Culture Media - chemistry Culture Media - metabolism Enterococcus Feces - microbiology Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology Humans Microbial Sensitivity Tests MICROBIOLOGY Research Paper Vancomycin Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci - drug effects Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci - growth & development Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci - isolation & purification Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci - metabolism
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Zusammenfassung:	Rapid identification of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) can assist in choosing the appropriate treatment and preventing VRE spread. The performance of chromID™ 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:	1517-8382 1678-4405 1678-4405
DOI:	10.1016/j.bjm.2017.03.005