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. 1997 May;35(5):1248-50.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.5.1248-1250.1997.

A PCR assay for identification of Enterococcus faecium

S Cheng  1 , F K McCleskey, M J Gress, J M Petroziello, R Liu, H Namdari, K Beninga, A Salmen, V G DelVecchio
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A PCR assay for identification of Enterococcus faecium

S Cheng et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1997 May.

Abstract

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.

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