Cheng S, McCleskey F K, Gress M J, Petroziello J M, Liu R, Namdari H, Beninga K, Salmen A, DelVecchio V G
Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine, University of Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 1997 May;35(5):1248-50. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.5.1248-1250.1997.
Enterococcus faecium has recently emerged as a serious nosocomial pathogen. The prevalence and severity of enterococcal infections, the mortality rate from such infections, and the antibiotic resistance of enterococci are often species dependent. Since conventional biochemical methods fail to differentiate E. faecium from certain newly described enterococcal species, a PCR-based assay was developed for the rapid identification of E. faecium.
粪肠球菌最近已成为一种严重的医院病原体。肠球菌感染的发生率和严重程度、此类感染的死亡率以及肠球菌的抗生素耐药性通常取决于菌种。由于传统生化方法无法区分粪肠球菌与某些新描述的肠球菌菌种,因此开发了一种基于PCR的检测方法用于快速鉴定粪肠球菌。