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, vol.29, no.2, pp.682-686, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.12669/pjms.292.2567
  • Journal Name: PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.682-686
  • Keywords: Conventional methods, Enterococci, Molecular methods, Vancomycin, RAPID DETECTION, STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, IDENTIFICATION, SPECIMENS, CARRIAGE, BROTH, PCR
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.