Use of ESwab in the Xpert® vanA/vanB PCR assay

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017 Apr;36(4):755-756. doi: 10.1007/s10096-016-2818-2. Epub 2016 Oct 26.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / genetics
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / instrumentation
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / instrumentation
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Specimen Handling / instrumentation
  • Specimen Handling / methods*
  • Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci / genetics*
  • Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • VanA ligase, Bacteria
  • VanB protein, Enterococcus
  • Carbon-Oxygen Ligases