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SUBMITTER: Gouliouris T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4950902 | biostudies-other | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Gouliouris Theodore T Blane Beth B Brodrick Hayley J HJ Raven Kathy E KE Ambridge Kirsty E KE Kidney Angela D AD Hadjirin Nazreen F NF Török M Estée ME Limmathurotsakul Direk D Peacock Sharon J SJ
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 20160504 4
We compared ChromID VRE and Brilliance VRE media for the detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Using a panel of 28 enterococcal isolates, 10 vanA Enterococcus faecium and three vanA Enterococcus faecalis isolates grew as per manufacturers' instructions whilst growth of two vanC and eight vancomycin-susceptible enterococci was inhibited on both media. Important differences were noted in the selectivity and chromogenic properties of the two media for vanA Enterococcus raffinosus and ...[more]