Detection of VRE: VanA and vanB genes by PCR
- Merlino, J.
- Kay, I.
- Coombs, Geoffrey
- Palladino, S.
Publication date
January 2010
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLCAbstract
In clinical laboratories the phenotypic detection of low-level vancomycin resistance in enterococci is problematic. Rapid detection of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE), in particular those that carry the vanA or vanB genes, may minimize transmission within a hospital and therefore reduce the risk of colonization and infection. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V
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