Journal article
Effect of routine use of a multiplex PCR for detection of vanA- and vanB- mediated enterococcal resistance on accuracy, costs and earlier reporting
Abstract
A multiplex PCR (MPCR) for detection of vanA-and vanB-mediated resistance to vancomycin was optimized and adapted for use in the routine microbiology laboratory. Consecutive specimens (1196) submitted for vancomycin resistant Enterococci (VRE) surveillance were processed by clinical technologists on Bile Esculin Azide Agar containing 6 mg/L vancomycin (BEAA/Vanco6) plates and 466 showing black colony growth were processed by conventional …
Authors
Petrich A; Luinstra K; Page B; Callery S; Stevens D; Gafni A; Groves D; Chernesky M; Mahony JB
Journal
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 215–220
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2001
DOI
10.1016/s0732-8893(01)00305-4
ISSN
0732-8893