caa a22 4500 477071562 CHVBK 20180405111427.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01591495 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01591495 Selective medium for screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococci in faeces [Elektronische Daten] [G. Rao, K. Ghanekar, F. Ojo] Infections caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are becoming increasingly prevalent throughout the world. Control measures include detection and isolation of carriers of VRE. A selective medium to detect faecal carriage of VRE is described. The medium has a high productivity ratio (90.4%) for VRE with VanA resistance phenotype, a moderate productivity ratio (79.2%) for VRE with VanB resistance phenotype, and a relatively low productivity ratio (65.5%) for VRE with VanC resistance phenotype. There was no breakthrough of vancomycin-susceptible enterococci. The medium selected the growth of all three types of VRE, which were used to spike faecal specimens. In a limited clinical trial, six faecal specimens of carriers and contacts were screened using the selective medium. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (Enterococcus faecalis, VanA phenotype) were detected in four of the specimens. In all four specimens the growth of VRE was nearly pure and easily identifiable. MMV Medizin Verlag GmbH Munchen, 1996 Rao G. NHS Trust, Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham High Street, SE13 6LH, London, UK aut Ghanekar K. NHS Trust, Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham High Street, SE13 6LH, London, UK aut Ojo F. NHS Trust, Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham High Street, SE13 6LH, London, UK aut European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Springer-Verlag 15/2(1996-02-01), 175-177 0934-9723 15:2<175 1996 15 10096 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01591495 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01591495 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rao G. NHS Trust, Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham High Street, SE13 6LH, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ghanekar K. NHS Trust, Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham High Street, SE13 6LH, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ojo F. NHS Trust, Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham High Street, SE13 6LH, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Springer-Verlag 15/2(1996-02-01), 175-177 0934-9723 15:2<175 1996 15 10096 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer