title: Identification of vancomycin-resistant lactic bacteria isolated from humans.
abstract: By using cell morphology, arginine dihydrolase, and gas production in de Man, Sharp, Rogosa broth, 122 isolates of vancomycin-resistant lactic bacteria from humans were assigned to five profiles, allowing us to distinguish Pediococcus, homofermentative and heterofermentative Lactobacillus, and Leuconostoc species. The absence of L-(+)-lactic acid, as detected spectrophotometrically, was confirmatory for Leuconostoc species. API 50 CHL panels were useful for the identification of Lactobacillus species.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Unit, UCL 5490, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mackey
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lejeune
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janssens
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wauters
mesh_terms: D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014640:Vancomycin