Development of a workflow for the detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis from rectal swabs using the spectra VRE medium

• Main Authors: Kendall Kling (Author), Javier Rios (Author), Laura Dirnberger (Author), Wanda Polanco (Author), Kevin Fritz (Author), Michael Malczynski (Author), Teresa Zembower (Author), Chao Qi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Spectra™ VRE agar (Remel, Lenexa, KS) is a chromogenic agar that is FDA approved for screening patients for VRE colonization. The package insert recommends confirming isolates with identification and susceptibility testing, but confirming every culture delays time to result. Give...