Weinstein J W, Tallapragada S, Farrel P, Dembry L M
Department of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Connecticut 06504, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 1996 Jan;34(1):210-2. doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.210-212.1996.
Patients whose gastrointestinal tracts are colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) may serve as a reservoir for nosocomial transmission. We compared the sensitivities and concordance of several methods used to detect VRE colonization. Eighty-two paired rectal and perirectal swabs were obtained from 13 patients over a 9-day period. The sensitivity of both rectal and perirectal swabs was 79%. There was 100% concordance of culture results between simultaneously obtained rectal and perirectal swabs, and the quantities of growth were similar by these two methods of detection. Our data suggest that rectal and perirectal swabs are equally sensitive for the detection of VRE colonization.
胃肠道被耐万古霉素肠球菌（VRE）定植的患者可能成为医院感染传播的储存宿主。我们比较了几种用于检测VRE定植的方法的敏感性和一致性。在9天的时间里，从13名患者身上获取了82对直肠和直肠周围拭子。直肠拭子和直肠周围拭子的敏感性均为79%。同时获取的直肠拭子和直肠周围拭子的培养结果一致性为100%，并且这两种检测方法的生长量相似。我们的数据表明，直肠拭子和直肠周围拭子在检测VRE定植方面同样敏感。
