Failure of Vitek2 to reliably detect vanB-mediated vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium | Zendy

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Failure of Vitek2 to reliably detect vanB-mediated vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium

Author(s) -

Sarah V. Walker,

Martina Wolke,

Georg Plum,

Robert E. Weber,

Guido Werner,

Axel Hamprecht

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkab101

Subject(s) - enterococcus faecium , microbiology and biotechnology , vancomycin , broth microdilution , enterococcus , medicine , biology , virology , antibiotics , bacteria , minimum inhibitory concentration , staphylococcus aureus , genetics

The increasing prevalence of VRE necessitates their reliable detection, especially for low-level resistance mediated by vanB in Enterococcus faecium. In this prospective study we analysed if vanB-mediated vancomycin resistance can be reliably detected by Vitek2.

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