Detection of Vancomycin resistant enterococci from rectal swab samples by Becton-Dickinson GeneOhm VanR assay and culture at ICU of a tertiary care center in Turkey

Gozaydin A., Kose Ş., Ece G., Ersan G., Gonullu M.

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.29, sa.2, ss.682-686, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12669/pjms.292.2567
  • Dergi Adı: PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.682-686
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Conventional methods, Enterococci, Molecular methods, Vancomycin, RAPID DETECTION, STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, IDENTIFICATION, SPECIMENS, CARRIAGE, BROTH, PCR
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Objectives: Vancomycin resistance is due to change in ligase enzyme that destroys the binding of the drug. The gold standard is culture; but now molecular methods have also been developed. The aim was to detect the VRE rate at ICUs by culture and BD GeneOhm (TM) VanR and compare the results of both assays.