Comparison of five selective media for identifying fecal carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on March 01, 1996

Authors

D Landman1, J M Quale, E Oydna, B Willey, V Ditore, M Zaman, K Patel, G Saurina, W Huang

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Infectious Diseases, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

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