Experience with the Roche LightCycler VRE detection kit during a large outbreak of vanB2/B3 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Jul;60(1):182-3. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkm140. Epub 2007 May 4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus faecium / genetics
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
  • Singapore / epidemiology
  • Vancomycin Resistance / genetics*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
  • VanB protein, Enterococcus