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Performance of three chromogenic VRE screening agars, two Etest(®) vancomycin protocols, and different microdilution methods in detecting vanB genotype Enterococcus faecium with varying vancomycin MICs.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
October 2012
National Reference Centre for Staphylococci and Enterococci, Division Nosocomial Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch-Institut, Wernigerode Branch, Germany.
Article Synopsis
- Frequencies of vanB-type Enterococcus faecium have been increasing in Europe, complicating reliable diagnostics due to varying vancomycin MIC levels.
- A study tested multiple methods for identifying 129 clinical vanB E. faecium strains, with microdilution methods correctly identifying 87% of them.
- Chromogenic VRE agars showed high effectiveness, identifying 94-96% of vanB isolates, while an Etest® macromethod improved sensitivity without sacrificing specificity for certain negative strains.