Abstract
Spectra VRE (Remel, Lenexa, KS) is a chromogenic medium designed to recover and differentiate vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis (VRE). This medium was compared to bile esculin azide agar (BEAV) and was 98.2% sensitive and 99.3% specific compared to BEAV, which was 87.6% sensitive and 87.1% specific at 24 h.
Publication types
-
Comparative Study
-
Evaluation Study
MeSH terms
-
Agar
-
Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
-
Chromogenic Compounds / metabolism
-
Culture Media / chemistry*
-
Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects*
-
Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
-
Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
-
Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
-
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
-
Humans
-
Sensitivity and Specificity
-
Vancomycin Resistance*
Substances
-
Chromogenic Compounds
-
Culture Media
-
Agar