Institute of Medical Microbiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.
J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Dec;47(12):4113-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00882-09. Epub 2009 Oct 7.
Two chromogenic media (Chromagar VRE and chromID VRE [C-ID]) performed equally well in the direct detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in stool specimens after an overnight enrichment step and a 48-h incubation period, with a sensitivity of 98.2% (56/57) for both and specificities of 96.5% (195/202) and 97.5% (197/202), respectively. However, assigning discriminatory colony color was sometimes difficult, especially on C-ID. In order to facilitate simple species identification, biochemical key reactions were implemented.
两种显色培养基(Chromagar VRE 和 chromID VRE [C-ID])在经过过夜增菌和 48 小时孵育后,对粪便标本中万古霉素耐药肠球菌(VRE)的直接检测效果相当,其灵敏度分别为 98.2%(56/57)和 96.5%(195/202)、97.5%(197/202)。然而,有时区分菌落颜色比较困难,尤其是在 C-ID 上。为了便于简单的种属鉴定,实施了生化关键反应。