Improved detection of vanB2-containing enterococcus faecium with vancomycin susceptibility by Etest using oxgall supplementation.

ABSTRACT: We have isolated a number of vanB-containing Enterococcus faecium isolates on bile esculin screening agar containing 6 mg/liter vancomycin, which on subsequent susceptibility testing using Etest have repeatedly demonstrated vancomycin MICs of

SUBMITTER: Grabsch EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2446868 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature