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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2008, p. 2442-2444, Vol. 46, No. 7
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00492-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Novel Chromogenic Medium for Detection of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis{triangledown}

Gaëlle Cuzon, Thierry Naas, Nicolas Fortineau, and Patrice Nordmann*

Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, INSERM U914: Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Sud, Paris, France

Received 12 March 2008/ Accepted 29 April 2008

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are becoming widespread worldwide, and the rapid identification of VRE carriers from surveillance cultures is crucial for the efficient control of their spread. We assessed a new selective chromogenic medium, chromID VRE (bioMérieux, France), that enhanced the isolation and presumptive identification of VRE directly from rectal swabs and reduced unnecessary confirmatory and time-consuming tests.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 78 Rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cédex, France. Phone: 33 1 45 21 20 19. Fax: 33 1 45 21 63 40. E-mail: nordmann.patrice{at}bct.aphp.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 7 May 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2008, p. 2442-2444, Vol. 46, No. 7
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00492-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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