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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 47, Issue 12, Pages 4136-4137Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01547-09
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We compared PCR to conventional culture for the detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in 30,835 rectal samples over a 3-year period. The positive and negative predictive values of vanB PCR were 1.42% and 99.9%, respectively. A positive vanB result by PCR is poorly predictive and necessitates culture for differentiation of VRE-positive and -negative individuals.
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