2001-01-30
Accuracy of the VITEK 2 system to detect glycopeptide resistance in enterococci.
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology , Volume 39 - Issue 1 p. 351- 353
We evaluated the accuracy of the VITEK 2 fully automated system to detect and identify glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE) compared to a reference agar dilution method. The sensitivity of vancomycin susceptibility testing with VITEK 2 for the detection of vanA, vanB, and vanC1 strains was 100%. The sensitivity of vancomycin susceptibility testing of vanC2 strains was 77%. The sensitivity of teicoplanin susceptibility testing of vanA strains was 90%. Of 80 vanC enterococci, 78 (98%) were correctly identified by VITEK 2 as Enterococcus gallinarum/Enterococcus casseliflavus. Since the identification and susceptibility data are produced within 3 and 8 h, respectively, VITEK 2 appears a fast and reliable method for detection of GRE in microbiology laboratories.
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doi.org/10.1128/JCM.39.1.351-353.2001, hdl.handle.net/1765/12915 | |
Journal of Clinical Microbiology | |
Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
van den Braak, N., Goessens, W., van Belkum, A., Verbrugh, H., & Endtz, H. (2001). Accuracy of the VITEK 2 system to detect glycopeptide resistance in enterococci. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 39(1), 351–353. doi:10.1128/JCM.39.1.351-353.2001 |