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. 2007 Oct;45(10):3424-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00861-07. Epub 2007 Aug 1.

Rapid identification of clinically relevant Enterococcus species by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Nele Wellinghausen  1 , Melanie Bartel, Andreas Essig, Sven Poppert
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Rapid identification of clinically relevant Enterococcus species by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Nele Wellinghausen et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Oct.

Abstract

A fluorescence in situ hybridization assay for the rapid identification of clinically relevant enterococci (Enterococcus faecalis, E. faecium, E. gallinarum, the VanC-type resistance group) was developed and evaluated with 33 reference strains, 68 clinical isolates, and 58 positive blood cultures. All probes showed excellent sensitivities and specificities.

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