New selective and differential chromogenic agar medium, chromID VRE, for screening vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species.
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.
Kuch
Alicja
A
Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology, National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland. akuch@cls.edu.pl
Stefaniuk
Elzbieta
E
Ozorowski
Tomasz
T
Hryniewicz
Waleria
W
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
D002863:Chromogenic Compounds; D003470:Culture Media; D014640:Vancomycin