Direct detection of vanB2 using the Roche LightCycler vanA/B detection assay to indicate vancomycin-resistant enterococcal carriage – sensitive but not specific
Author(s) -
Heather Young,
Susan A. Ballard,
Peter Roffey,
M. Lindsay Grayson
Publication year - 2007
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/dkl543
Subject(s) - carriage , vancomycin , enterococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , gram positive bacterial infections , medicine , biology , antibiotics , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , pathology , genetics
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