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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2686-2688, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2686-2688.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Laboratory Contamination of Specimens with Quality Control Strains of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Ontario

K. C. Katz, A. McGeer, D. E. Low, and B. M. Willey*

Department of Microbiology, Toronto Medical Laboratories and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 27 February 2002/ Returned for modification 29 March 2002/ Accepted 29 April 2002

Cross-contamination with laboratory control strains of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis was documented in 15 clinical specimens from nine clinical microbiology laboratories in Ontario, Canada. Laboratories should be alert to the possibility of contamination of specimens with vancomycin-resistant enterococci from the laboratory environment. Molecular typing of strains may assist in elucidating the source of such contamination.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Room 1460, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5. Phone: 416-586-3121. Fax: 416-586-3140. E-mail: bwilley{at}mtsinai.on.ca.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2686-2688, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2686-2688.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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