Should genotypic testing be done on all phenotypically vancomycin- resistant enterococci detected in hospitals?

J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Apr;37(4):1229-30. doi: 10.1128/JCM.37.4.1229-1230.1999.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / genetics
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Enterococcus / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus / genetics*
  • Enterococcus / isolation & purification
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Genotype
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Phenotype
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • VanA ligase, Bacteria
  • VanC protein, Bacteria
  • Vancomycin
  • Carbon-Oxygen Ligases