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Detection of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci in routine diagnostic faeces specimens.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Sept 1999
Taylor M E, Oppenheim B A, Chadwick P R, Weston D, Palepou M F, Woodford N, Bellis M
Abstract excerpt
Faeces received in a diagnostic laboratory were screened for glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE) on modified Lewisham medium, with and without enrichment in Enterococcosel broth. Colonization by GRE was detected in 102/838 patients (12.2%). In 74 (73%) of colonized patients GRE were detected by both methods and in 28 (27%) they were detected only after enrichment. The carriage rate in hospitalized patients...
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