A 24-Hour Screening Protocol for Identification of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium
- 1 April 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 44 (4), 1578-80
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.44.4.1578-1580.2006
Abstract
We describe a 24-h protocol for the identification of patients who are positive for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE), using stool and rectal swab samples and VRE screening broth, automated DNA extraction, and real-time PCR for vanA and vanB genes. Compared to conventional screening methods, this protocol had a high sensitivity and specificity and a negative predictive value.Keywords
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