title: New selective and differential chromogenic agar medium, chromID VRE, for screening vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species.
abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of a novel differential culture medium, chromID VRE agar, for the isolation of VRE in a clinical laboratory. It was shown that ChromID VRE agar may be useful for rapid and selective isolation of VRE especially after inclusion of broth enrichment step.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology, National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland. akuch@cls.edu.pl
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuch
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stefaniuk
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozorowski
authors.forename: Waleria
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hryniewicz
mesh_terms: D002863:Chromogenic Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial / Q000379:methods*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000378:metabolism*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
chemical_list: D002863:Chromogenic Compounds; D003470:Culture Media; D014640:Vancomycin